The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-05-03
DuLS OF EXCHANGE AND
ID PROM1SSORY NOTES
CHAPTER 44s.


AN ACT to add new Section to Article 7 of
the Code of Public Local Laws, title "Car-
roll County," under the new subtitle Bills
of Exchange and Promissory Notes, to be
designated as Section Is A. and to follow
Section 10.
Section /. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That a new section
be, and the same is hereby added to Article
of the Code of Public Local Laws, title Scar
roll County," under the new subtitle ssBills
of Exchange and Promissory Notes, " to fol-
low Section Is, and 10 be designated as Sec
ton Is A., and to read as follows:
Section Is A. 1t shall be lawful for banks,
bankers. trust companies and other banking
institutions in the city of Westminster, Carroll
county, to close their doors for business al
twelve clock noon, on each and every Sat
urday in the year, and every Saturday in the
year after twelve o. clock noon shall be legal
half holiday, so far as regards the presenting
for payment or acceptance and the protesting
and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of
exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory
notes and other negotiable papers, and for
these purposes shall be treated and considered
as the first day of the week, commonly called
Sunday; and all such bills. checks, drafts and
notes presentable for payment or acceptance
on Saturday shall be deemed to be presentable
for payment or acceptance on the secular or
business day next succeeding; provided, how
ever, that all bills of exchange, drafts and
promissory notes made after the passage of
this Act, except those payable at sight or on
demand, which shall be otherwise payable on
any half holiday Saturday, shall be deemed to
be and shall be payable on the next secular
or business day; and provided further, that
for the purpose of protesting or otherwise
holding liable any party 10 any bill OF ex-
change, bank check, draft or promissory pote,
and which shall not have been paid before
twelve o clock at noon on any half holiday
Saturday, demand of acceptance or payment
thereof may be made and notice of protest or
dishonor thereof may be given on the next
succeeding secular or business day; and pro-
vided further, that when any person shall re-
ceive for collection, i'll said county, any bill
of exchange, bank check, draft or promissory
note, due and presentable for acceptance or
payment on any half holiday Saturday such
person shall not be deemed guilty of any neg
ect or omission of duty nor incur any liability
in not presenting for payment or acceptance,
or collecting such bill of exchange, bank
check, draft or promissory note on that day;
and provided further, that in constructing this
Section every half holiday Saturday, shall
until twelve O. clock noon, be deemed a
secular business day. Nothing in Article
of the Code of Public General Laws applicable
to any Saturday whenever the same, under
the provision sof said Sections, shall be illegal
holiday.
Section 2. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from May LIST, 1902.
Approved April 9Th. 1902
JOHN WALTER SMITH,
Governor.
JOHN HUBNER,
President of the Senate.
NOBLE l.. MITCHELL,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Chief Clerk House of Delegates:
l hereby certify, That the aforegoing is a
true copy of an Act of the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1902.
B. L. SMITH,
Chief Clerk offhe House of Delegates.
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