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officer of said County engaged in the control and direction of
traffic on any street, road or highway in said County.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the Board of
County Commissioners, for the safety and convenience of the
public and for the purpose of keeping the roads and highways
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 regulations, 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 persons
so violating the same to the penalties prescribed in this Act;
provided 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 appropriately de-
scribing the rules and regulations as may be applicable to the
particular road or highway; provided further that the County
Commissioners 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 Commissioners may pass and adopt
such reasonable rules and regulations governing the traffic and
the movement of vehicles in the vicinity of any such fair,
game, parade, or other public event as said County Commis-
sioners may deem necessary to prevent the congestion of such
traffic and the obstruction 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