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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

tion, hospitals or pest houses within or without the

city, if necessary, and pass all ordinances for the

government of the same ; to pass all such ordinances

as they may think necessary for the protection and

preservation of the health of the city and its inhabi-

tants ; to pass all ordinances necessary for the pre-

servation and protection of any of the city's property,

Prevent the

rights and privileges ; they may prevent the storage

storage of
combustible

of gunpowder or other combustible matter in such

articles

quantities or places within the city as they may deem

dangerous; to pass all ordinances to provide for

licensing and regulating pawnbrokers, peddlers of

nostrums, notions, patents, secrets or pretended in-

ventions and remedies on the streets, lanes or side-

walks of the city; pass all such ordinances in

Levy and col-

addition to those already existing, to levy and col-

lect taxes.

lect a tax on the assessable property of said city

as may be necessary to pay the interest on the

city bonds, and to provide a sinking fund for

their redemption at maturity ; to pass ordinances

for the preservation of peace and good order,

securing persons and property from violence, dan-

ger or destruction ; to pass ordinances for the sup-

pression and restraint and regulation of bawdy

houses and houses of ill-fame ; to pass ordinances

providing 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 may be

levied, and to levy and collect a tax thereon for the

general purpose of the corporation not exceeding in

any one year sixty cents on every hundred dollars

worth of said assessable property ; to pass ordinances

fixing and paying the compensation of bailiff, clerk,

treasurer and such other officers, agents or servants

as may be employed by the corporation; to pass

ordinances to suppress the practice of firing and dis-

charging firearms, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes and

other explosives, either by prohibiting the sale

thereof or otherwise ; to pass ordinances to restrain

and prohibit gunning, and to provide for licensing,

regulating or restraining theatricals or other public

amusements within the limits of said corporation ;

to establish day and night police and erect lamps ;

to open and close streets and parts of streets ; pro-

vided that they shall not have power to close or

alienate any public street or alley or parts thereof,