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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

cil, and said book shall be kept open for the inspection of all
parties interested; he shall keep all the accounts of the cor-
poration, shall make out the tax list, and perform such other
duties in connection with his office as the Mayor and City
Council shall require of him.

power to pass
ordinances ior
the good
government of
the city.

152. The Mayor and City Council shall have power to pass
all such ordinances, directly or impliedly, authorized by this
.sub-title and not contrary to the Constitution and laws of this
State, as they may deem necessary for the good government
of the city. They may pass ordinances to prevent, remove
and abate all nuisances and obstructions on or from the streets,
lanes, alleys, drains or water- courses, or on, or from any lot
within the limits of the city; to remove, or cause to be
removed, any houses or other buildings that may in their

Paving,
grading, etc.,
streets, lanes
and alleys
of the city.

judgment become dangerous; to cause the streets, lanes and
alleys to be paved, graded, drained or sewered; to cause the
sidewalks along the public streets and highways of said city
to be graded, paved, repaired or improved, kerbs to be set
and gutters laid; to erect and establish market-houses and
regulate markets; to erect and establish houses of correction,
hospitals or pest-houses, within or without the city, and to
provide for the government of the same; to establish and
regulate a station house or lockup for the temporary confine-
ment of violators of the laws of the State or of the ordi-
nances of the city; to suppress vagrancy; to protect and
preserve the health of the citizens and the property rights
and privileges of the city; to prevent the storage of
explosive or combustible matter in such quantities or places
within the city as they may deem dangerous; to regulate and

Regulate and
provide for
licensing
pawnbrokers,
peddlers, etc.

provide for licensing pawnbrokers, peddlers of nostrums,
notions, patents, secrets or pretended inventions and remedies
on the streets, lanes or sidewalks of the city; to regulate and
provide for the issuing of licenses or permits for all hawking,
peddling, and vending of wares and merchandise of every
description on the streets, lanes, alleys or sidewalks of the
city, and to issue licenses or permits to all itinerant peddlers
who may go from house to house to vend or sell wares or
merchandise; to levy and collect a tax on the assessable prop-
erty of said city as may be necessary to pay the interest on
the city bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for their redemp-
tion at maturity; for the preservation of peace and good order,
securing persons and property from violence, danger or
destruction; for the suppression and restraint of vice; for the
assessment from time to time of all kinds of property and
securities in said city on which State or county taxes are or