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land, as amended by Chapter 616 of the Acts of the Gen-
eral Assembly, passed at the January Session, 1904, and
to re-enact said Section 8 with amendments.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by Ike General Assembly of Mary-
land, That Section 8 of Article 4. entitled " City of Balti-
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more," of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland, as
amended by Chapter 616 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly, passed at the January Session, 1904, be and the same is
hereby repealed and re-enacted with amendments, so as to
read as follows :
8. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore may grant
for a limited time, and subject to the limitations and condi-
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Repeal and
re-enact.
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tions contained in this Article, specific franchises or rights in
or relating to any of the public property or places mentioned
in the preceding section; provided, that such grant is in
compliance with the requirements of this Article, and that
the terms and conditions of the grant shall have first been
authorized and set forth in an ordinance duly passed by the
city. Every such grant shall specifically set forth and define
the nature, extent and duration of the franchise or right
thereby granted, and no franchise or right shall pass by
implication under any such grant; and, notwithstanding any
such grant the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall at
all times have and retain the power and right to reasonably
regulate in the public interest the exercise of the franchise
or right so granted; and the said Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore shall not have the power by grant or ordinance
to divest itself of the right or power to so regulate the exer-
cise of such franchise or right, but no franchise shall be
granted for the erection on any of the streets, lanes or alleys
of the said city of any awning poles, posts, hitching posts,
barber poles, railings, stepping stones, sign posts, horse
troughs, clocks, stands of any character, or cellar doors or
coal holes, unless the same be flush with the pavement; nor
shall any franchise be granted for an open area, unless the
same is used as a means of entrance to buildings used pri-
marily for purposes of residence, and only in such case when
the same does not extend more than three and one-half feet
from the building line.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from the date of its passage.
Approved Mach 23, 1906.
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May grant
specific
franchises or
rights.
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