onday, all bills of exchange, bank checks, promissory notes, or other negotiable commercial paper maturing thereon shall be deemed as having matured on turday previous, and when the legal holiday comes on Sunday, the day followshall be the holiday. (p. 580; Act of March 5, 1889.)

The Iowa Revised Code (ed. 1888) provides

SEC. 2094. The first day of the week, called Sunday; the first day of January; e thirtieth day of May; the fourth day of July; the twenty-fifth day of Decemr; and any day appointed or recommended by the Governor of this State, or by e President of the United States, as a day of fasting or thanksgiving, shall be rerded as holidays for all purposes relating to the presenting for payment or ceptance, and the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exange, bank checks, and promissory notes; and any bank or mercantile paper ling due on any of the days above named, shall be considered due on the preding day. (p. 771.)

SEC. 2626. No member of the General Assembly shall be held to appear or swer any civil action or special proceeding, in any court of record, or inferior urt, while such General Assembly is in session, nor shall any person be so held answer or appear in any such court, on the first day of January, the fourth day July, the twenty-fifth day of December, or on any day of thanksgiving appointed the President of the. United States or by the Governor of this State. (p. 910.) SEC. 3722. Reasonable notice of the name of a witness and the time and place en the same will be taker, must be given to the opposite party; Lut if notices e given in the same case by the same party, and of the taking of depositions at ferent places upon the same day, they shall be invalid; and no party shall be quired to take depositions on the day of the general election, or on the fourth y of July. (p. 1198.)

Kansas enacts (Comp. Laws of 1885)—

(571) SEC. 5. Whenever the third day of grace falls upon Sunday, the fourth y of July, the twenty-fifth day of December, the first day of January, or upon y day appointed by the President of the United States, or [the Governor of] is State, for a day of public fast or thanksgiving, the next preceding business y shall be deemed the last day of grace. (p. 125.)

And the Kansas' laws of 1886 (ch. 125) provide—

SECTION 1. That the thirtieth day of May of each year shall be and the same hereby declared to be a legal holiday. (p. 168.)

The General Statutes of Kentucky (chap. 51, p. 714, ed. 1887), › amended by Act of April 2, 1888, provide—

1. The twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day July, the twenty-fifth day of December, of each year, and all days appointed by → President of the United States, or by the Governor of this Commonwealth, as ys of fasting or thanksgiving, are declared holidays, on which all the public ices of this Commonwealth may be closed; and shall be treated and considered Sun by, or the Christian Sabbath, for all purposes regarding the presenting for

payment, or acceptance, and of protesting for, and giving notice of dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, and promissory notes, placed by law on the footing of bills of exchange.

2. If any of these days, named as holidays, shall occur on Sunday, the next day thereafter shall be observed as [ a ] holiday; but bills of exchange, or other paper, may be presented for payment or acceptance, on the Saturday preceding such holiday, and proceeded on accordingly.

Louisiana establishes legal holidays by the following laws

ART. 207. No citation can issue, no demand can be made, no proceeding had, nor suits instituted on Sundays, on the Fourth of July, on the first or eighth of January, on the twenty-fifth of December, twenty-second of February, or on Good Friday; nor shall any arrest be made after sunset, on any individual, in his domicile. (Code of Practice, ed. 1875, p. 77.)

AN ACT making Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, a legal holiday.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the day known as Shrove Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, be and is hereby declared a legal holiday throughout the State of Louisiana. (Approved, Apl. 23, 1872, Laws, p. 95.)

AN ACT to amend, etc.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That Section six of an Act entitled "An Act relative to bills of exchange and promissory notes,” approved March ninth, 1855, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

That the following shall be considered as days of public rest in the State, namely: The first day of January, the eighth of January, the twenty-second of February, Fourth of July, twenty-fifth of December, twelfth of February, Sundays and Good Fridays, and all promissory notes and bills of exchange shall be due and payable the day following the third, or last day of grace, if the third, or last day of grace be a Sunday or legal holiday, as herein provided; and should the day succeeding the last, or third day of grace also be a Sunday or legal holiday, then promissory notes and bills of exchange shall be payable on the following day, not a Sunday or legal holiday; and in computing the delay allowed for giving notice of non-acceptance or non-payment of a bill of exchange or promissory note, the days of public rest shall not be counted, and if the day or two days next succeeding the protest for non-acceptance or non-payment shall be days of public rest, then the day following shall be computed as the first day after the protest. (Approved March 16, 1870, Laws, p. 98.)

Maine provides (Rev. Stat., ed. 1884)

SEC. 9. On any promissory note, inland bill of exchange, draft, or order, for the payment of money, payable in this State at a future day, or at sight, and not on demand, a grace of three days is allowed. If the third day is Sunday, a day of public fast or thanksgiving, appointed by the Governor and Council, the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, or Christmas day, two days are allowed. If the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of

July, or Christmas, is Monday, and it is the third day of grace, or is Saturday, and he following Sunday is the third day of grace, or is Sunday and it is the second lay of grace, four days are allowed. (Chap. 32, p. 334.) SEC. 48. No court shall be held on Sunday, on any day designated for the annual fast or thanksgiving, or for the choice of Presidential electors, the thirtieth of May, fourth of July, the day of the State election, or on Christmas day; and when the time fixed for a term of said court falls on either of said days, it shall stand adjourned until the next day, which shall be deemed the first day of the term for all purposes. (Chap. 77, p. 637.)

SEC. 79. No person shall be arrested, in a civil action, on mesne process, or execution, or on a warrant for taxes, on the day of annual fast, or thanksgiving, the thirtieth of May, the fourth of July, or Christmas; and, on the day of any mili tary training, inspection, review, or election, no officer or soldier, required by law to attend the same, shall be arrested on any such process. (Chap. 81, p. 687.)

SEC. 80. No elector shall be arrested, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace, on the days of election of the United States, State, or town officers. (id.)

Maryland ordains (Act of February 17, 1882, Laws, pp. 5960), by

An Act to designate the holidays to be observed in the acceptance and payment of bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts and promissory notes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the following days in each and every year, viz.: The first day of January, commonly called New Year's day; the twentysecond day of February, known as Washington's birthday; the fourth day of July, called Independence Day; the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas Day; Good Friday; and all days of general and Congressional elections throughout the State; and all special days that may be appointed or recommended by the Governor of this State, or by the President of the United States, as days of thanks. giving or fasting and prayer, or other religious observance, or for the general cessation of business, shall be regarded as legal holidays, and shall be duly observed as such, and shall for all purposes whatsoever, as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and of the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts and promissory notes, be treated and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday; and all such bills, checks, drafts and notes presentable for acceptance or payment on these said days shall be deemed to be presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next preceding such holiday.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That whenever the first day of January, the twentysecond day of February, the fourth day of July, or the twenty-fifth day of December shall, either of them, occur on Sunday, the Monday next following shall be deemed and shall be treated as a public holiday for all or any of the purposes aforesaid; provided, however, that in such case all bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts and promissory notes, which would otherwise be presentable for acceptance or for payment on either of the Mondays so observed as a holiday, shall be deemed to be presentable for acceptance or for payment on the Saturday next preceding such holiday, and such Mondays so observed shall for all purposes whatever, as regards the presenting for.payment or acceptance, and of the protesting and giving otice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, Lank checks, drafts and promissory

notes, be also treated and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.

Massachusetts (Public Stat., ed. 1882) enacts

SEC. 34. The general court [i. e. the Legislative body,] shall hold no session for the transaction of ordinary business on Thanksgiving, Fast or Christmas day, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, nor on the following day when either of the three days last mentioned occurs on Sunday, and the public offices shall be closed on said days. (Chap. 2, p. 57.)

SEC. 8. Bills of exchange, drafts, promissory notes, and contracts, due and payable or to be performed on a Sunday, on a Fast or Thanksgiving day appointed or recommended by the Governor of the Commonwealth, or by the President of the United States, on Christmas day, on the twenty-second day of February, on the thirtieth day of May, on the fourth day of July, or on the following day when either of the three days last mentioned occurs on a Sunday, shall be payable or performable upon the business day preceding said days; and, in case of nonpayment or non-fulfilment, may be noted or protested upon such preceding day; but the holder or holders of such obligations need not give notice of the dishonor, non-payment, or non-fulfilment thereof until the business day next following the days above specified. (Chap. 77, p. 427.)

SEC. 4. Courts shall not be opened on Sunday, Thanksgiving, Fast or Christmas day, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, or the following day when either of the three days just mentioned occurs on Sunday, unless for the purpose of entering or continuing cases, instructing or discharging a jury, receiving a verdict or adjourning; but this sec tion shall not prevent the exercise of the jurisdiction of any magistrate in criminal cases to preserve the peace or arrest offenders. (Chap. 160, p. 918.)

AN ACT relating to sessions of Probate Courts, which occur on legal holidays or on the day of the National or State election.

SECTION I. Whenever a regular term of any Probate Court shall occur on a legal holiday or on the day of any National or State election, said probate court shall be held on the next secular day thereafter; and all notices, citations, orders, and other papers which are made returnable to said regular term shall be hell and deemed returnable to said next secular day, and the proceedings thereon shall be held and deemed to be of the same force and validity as if said notices, citations, orders, and other papers had been made returnable to said next secular day. (Acts of 1884. Chap. 141, p. 121.)

AN ACT to make the first Monday of September known as Labor's Day a legal holiday.

SECTION I. The first Monday of September in each year, being the day cele brated and known as Labor's Holiday, is hereby made a legal public holiday, to all intents and purposes, in the same manner as Thanksgiving, Fast and Christmas days, the twenty-second of February, the thirtieth day of May and the fourth day of July, are now by law made public holidays. (Act of 1887. Chap. 263, p. 893.)

AN ACT to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquor, on Fast Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

SECTION 1. Any common victualler, having a license to sell intoxicating liquors under either of the first three classes of section ten of chapter one hundred of the Public Statutes, who shall sell, give away or deliver, on the licensed premises, any of such liquors on Fast day, or on the thirtieth day of May, commonly called Memorial day, or Thanksgiving day, or on the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas day, or on the twenty-sixth day of December when the said Christmas day falls upon Sunday, shall be liable to the penalty prescribed in section eighteen of chapter one hundred of the Public Statutes or in acts in amend ment thereof. (Acts of 1888, ch. 254, p. 206.)

SECTION 2. Any innkeeper having a license to sell intoxicating liquors, who shall, on either of the days named in the first section of this Act, sell, give away or deliver, in his inn, any intoxicating liquors, except to bona fide guests or travellers sojourning at his inn, shall be liable to the penalty above prescribed. (id.)

Michigan (Howell's Compiled Stat., ed. 1882) enacts—

1591. That the following days, viz.: The first day of January, commonly called New Year's day; the twenty-second day of February, commonly called Washington's birthday; the fourth of July; the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas day; the thirtieth day of May, commonly called decoration day, and any day appointed or recommended by the Governor of this State, or the President of the United States, as a day of fasting and prayer or thanksgiving, shall, for the purposes of presenting for payment or acceptance, and of protesting notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, and promissory notes, made after this Act shall take effect, also for the holding of courts, be treated and considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. Provided, that in case any of the holidays shall fall upon a Sunday, then the Monday following shall be considered as the said holiday. Provided also, that in case the return or adjourn day in any suit, matter, or hearing before any court officer, referee or arbitrators shall come on any of the days first above named except Sunday, such suit, matter or proceeding, commenced or adjourned as aforesaid, shall not, by reason of coming on any of such days except Sunday, abate, but the same shall stand continued on the next succeeding day, at the same time and place, unless the next day shall be the first day of the week, or a holiday, in which case the same shall stand continued to the day next succeeding said first day of the week or holiday, at the same time and place: Provided further, that whenever the first day of the general term of any circuit court, as fixed by the order of a circuit judge, shall fall upon either of the days first above named, or whenever any circuit court shall be adjourned to any of the days first above named, such court may be adjourned to the next succeeding secular day. Provided further, that nothing in this section shall make invalid a presentation, demand, or notice of dishonor of commercial paper on any such holiday, other than Sunday, in cases where the same shall not have been presented on the secular day next preceding such holiday. (p. 455.)

2274. All saloons, restaurants, bars, in taverns or elsewhere, and all other places where any of the liquors mentioned in sections one and two of this Act [i.c. spirituous, malt, brewed, fermented, or vinous liquors, or any beverage containing the same] are or may be sold, or kept for sale, either at wholesale or retail, shall be closed on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, on all election