Ch. 589                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

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(a)  In Harford County, except as specifically provided
herein, it is unlawful on Sunday, except on all the Sundays that
occur between Thanksgiving Day and December 25 in each year, for
any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to conduct business
for profit in the usual manner and location or to, open an
establishment to the general public, or to cause, direct, permit,
or authorize an employee or agent to engage in or conduct
business or open an establishment in that manner.

(b)  Nothing in this section applies to the sale of the
following items:

1.  Alcoholic beverages regulated under Article 2B.

2.  Food and drink prepared for consumption on or off
the premises.

3.  Newspapers, magazines, stationery items, greeting
cards, paperback books, film and camera supplies, cosmetics and
beauty aids, hosiery, baby needs, tobacco products, candy, drugs,
patent medicines, and personal hygiene and medical needs and
supplies.

4.  Gasoline, oil, and other automotive maintenance
and repair items and services sold in a service station or in an
establishment otherwise permitted to conduct business under this
section.

5.  Emergency repair services to real property,
including materials required for such repairs.

(c)  Nothing in this section applies to the following types
of business operations:

1.  The sale or rental of real estate.

2.  Hospitals, nursing homes, medical or other health
services.

3.  Agricultural activities including florists,
nurserymen and farmers, and commercial fishing.

4.  Transportation of goods or persons, including
airports and bus or railroad terminals and boating facilities.

5.  Car washes.

6.  Self-service laundromats.

7.  Hotels, motels, rooming houses or other provisions
of lodgings.

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