918 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 320

or other political sub-division of this State shall have the right
to make or enforce any ordinance or regulation upon any sub-
ject for which provision is made in this sub-title. The pro-
visions of this sub-title (except as herein otherwise specifi-
cally provided), are intended to be exclusive of all local and
municipal legislation or regulations, upon the various subjects
with which this sub-title purports to deal, and all public local
laws, ordinances and regulations, inconsistent or identical
therewith, or similar or equivalent thereto, are hereby re-
pealed; and the charters of all municipal corporations of this
State are modified so as to prohibit such corporations from
making or enforcing any ordinance or regulations in viola-
tion of this section. This provision shall not be deemed as
repealed by any Act hereafter passed, unless this provision is
expressly referred to and repealed in terms, or some other clear
evidence given of an intent on the part of the General As-
sembly to change the policy of the State herein declared; pro-
vided that nothing herein contained shall prohibit any town,
city, county, special taxing area or any other municipal sub-
division of this State from establishing and enforcing any
reasonable traffic regulations or ordinances, or providing pen-
alties for violation thereof; provided that such regulations or
ordinances shall not be in conflict or identical with the pro-
visions of this sub-title.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 320.

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Chief of Police of
Montgomery County to sell abandoned, stolen or lawfully
seized motor vehicles held in the possession the Montgomery
County Police.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That the Chief of Police of Montgomery County
be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to sell at public
auction any and all abandoned, stolen or lawfully seized motor
vehicles remaining unclaimed for 60 days or more in the pos-