1274 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 532

receive payments in lieu of taxes, and to account for, ex-
pend, and otherwise treat such payments in the manner
provided by law in connection with taxation.

2. To furnish any or all public services; to own or dispose of
stock in, purchase, hire, construct, own maintain and
operate or lease public utilities or public utility services;
to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of public utilities or
public utility services; to acquire by condemnation or
otherwise, within the corporate limits, property necessary
for any such purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by
laws of the State of Maryland; and to grant local public
utility franchises.

3. To make and maintain public improvements and to acquire
property within the corporate limits necessary for such
improvements; and also to acquire an excess over that
needed for any such improvement, and to sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of such excess property with such re-
strictions as the Council may determine.

4. To provide, maintain and operate such community and so-
cial services for the preservation and promotion of the
health, recreation, welfare and enlightenment of the inhabi-
tants of the town of Greenbelt as the Council may deter-
mine.

5. To adopt and enforce within the corporate limits police,
health, sanitary, fire, traffic, parking, and other similar reg-
ulations not in conflict with the laws of the State of Mary-
land.

6. To have control over all the public roads, streets, alleys,
and sidewalks within the corporate limits of the Town of
Greenbelt and to provide for repairing, grading, cleaning,
mending and perfecting the same. To open, close, and
alter public roads, streets, alleys and walks with the same
powers and subject to the same limitations as are or may
be granted to or imposed upon the Board of County Com-
missioners of Prince George's County.

7. To have control over parks, recreation areas and fa-
cilities and other public property, and to provide for ex-
tending, improving, maintaining and operating the same.

8. To issue licenses and collect fees therefor, subject to any
restrictions imposed by the laws of the State of Maryland.

9. To enact ordinances and make regulations not in conflict
with the existing laws of the State of Maryland, and to pro-
vide for fines and imprisonments in the Town Jail, or
both, for the violation of such ordinances or regulations.
No fine shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100), nor shall
any imprisonment exceed ninety (90) days, for any single
offense.