72                           LAWS OF MARYLAND.                   [CH. 44.

CHAPTER 44.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
535 of Article 7 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land (1930 Edition), title "Carroll County, " sub-title
"Westminster, " to increase the powers of the Mayor and
Common Council of Westminster, a municipal corporation,
in reference to licenses.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 535 of Article 7 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland (1930 Edition), title "Carroll
County, " sub-title "Westminster, " be and the same is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, so as to read as
follows:

535. The Mayor and Common Council of Westminster
shall have full power and authority to regulate and provide
for the issuing of licenses or permits for all hawking, peddling
and vending of patents, and of goods, wares and merchandise
of every description, upon the streets, lanes, alleys or high-
ways of the City of Westminster; to issue licenses or permits
to all itinerant peddlers who may go from house to house to
vend or sell any goods, wares or merchandise; to issue licenses
to any and all persons entering into or beginning any transient
business in said city, for the sale or purchase of any goods,
wares or merchandise; to impose a license upon all fire insur-
ance companies, and agencies located in or doing business in
said city; to regulate and provide for the issuing of licenses
to all traveling persons or peddlers who dispense medicines
or medical advice; to regulate, license and tax restaurants or
lunch rooms, ice cream parlors and soda water fountains; to
regulate, license and tax all business conducted in said city
for the transportation or carriage of passengers for hire, and
license and tax the business of transporting, carrying or de-
livering freight, goods, wares or merchandise within said city,
and may provide for the numbering of the vehicles engaged in
such business, and may base said license upon the number of
vehicles so employed or used by any firm, person or individual
in the conduct of such business; to regulate and license all
pawnbrokers, junk dealers, fire sales and auction sales; to
regulate and license all nine and ten pin alleys, bowling
alleys, skating rinks, theatres, moving picture parlors, boxing
and sporting matches, wrestling contests and all shows and