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in the roadway, or upon any curb or pavement, by authority of the said
County Commissioners for the regulation of traffic and parking of vehicles
on the public highways, or with any instruction or direction of any police
officer of said county engaged in the control and direction of traffic on any
street, road or highway in said county.

1927, ch. 258, sec. 11. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 663.

663. The Board of County Commissioners, for the safety and con-
venience of the public and for the purpose of keeping the roads and high-
ways in said county from becoming congested by automobiles, motor cars
and other vehicles and to permit the free and unobstructed use of said
roads and highways, shall have power, from time to time, and whenever
in its judgment it becomes necessary, to pass and adopt such reasonable
rules, orders and regulations as it may deem proper regulating, restricting
and/or limiting the parking or movement of automobiles or other vehicles
on any public highway of said county, and such orders, rules and regu-
lations, when the same shall have been so passed and advertised three
times in a newspaper published in Baltimore County, shall have the force
and effect of law and any violation thereof shall subject the person or per-
sons so violating the same to the penalties prescribed in this Act; pro-
vided, that after the passage and adoption of any such rules, orders and
regulations and the advertisement of the same as above provided, the
County Commissioners shall cause to be placed and thereafter maintained
in conspicuous places along such roads or highways signs or markers ap-
propriately describing the rules and regulations as may be applicable to
the particular road or highway; provided further, that the County Com-
missioners shall keep in its office a separate docket or journal containing
all such rules, orders and regulations passed and adopted pursuant to
this Act, which journal or docket shall at all times be open to inspection
and examination by the public; and provided further that in the case
of public fairs, games, parades and/or other public events being held in
said county where a large gathering of people or vehicles along any such
road, street or highway in said county is anticipated, the County Com-
missioners may pass and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations gov-
erning the traffic and the movement of vehicles in the vicinity of any such
fair, game, parade, or other public event as said County Commissioners
may deem necessary to prevent the congestion of such traffic and the ob-
struction of such streets, roads, or highways, without the necessity of
advertising such rules and regulations in a county newspaper as above
provided, and such rules and regulations shall have the same force and
effect as other rules and regulations passed pursuant to this Act. The
presence along any such highway, road or street, of the signs or markers
mentioned in this Act shall be prima facie evidence of the passage of the
rules, orders and/or regulations herein provided for.

1927, ch. 258, sec. 12. B. Co. C. (1928), sec. 664.

664. Wherever the word "vehicle" is used in this Act or in any rule,
order or regulation passed by the Board of County Commissioners pur-