WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 589

(e)  The State's Attorney of Cecil County may petition the
circuit court to enjoin any violation of this section.

(f)  Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation violating
the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction subject to the following penalties: A fine not to
exceed $10,000.00 or an order closing the business establishment
up to ten business days, or both.]

[534V.

(a)  In Charles County, except as otherwise provided, it is
unlawful on Sunday for any wholesale or retail establishment to
conduct business for labor or profit or to operate its
establishment in any manner for the general public. It may not
cause, direct, permit, or authorize any employee or agent to
engage in or conduct business on its behalf on Sunday.

(b)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section or
article, the operation of any of the following types of retail
establishments is allowed on Sunday.

(1)  Drugstores whose principal business is the sale
of drugs, health, hygienic and beauty aids, tobacco and tobacco
products and other related items.

(2)  Delicatessens whose principal business is the
sale of delicatessen and related food items.

(3)  Bakeries and bakeshops.

(4)  Gasoline stations whose principal business is the
sale of gasoline, oil, and other automobile maintenance items.

(5)  Restaurants, grills and snack bars.

(6)  Dealers in boats and boating equipment, and
dealers in fishing equipment and supplies.

(c)  Nothing in this section applies to:

(1)  Farmers;

(2)  Nurserymen;

(3)  Any business with not more than eight persons on
any one shift on Sunday, with the exception of persons or
retailers engaged in the sale of motor vehicles.

(d)  Nothing in this section is applicable to any person who
by reason of his religious conviction observes a day other than
Sunday as his day of rest and actually refrains from labor or
secular business on that day, and whose establishment is closed

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