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HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 583
(c) To provide for grading, paving and curbing of streets
and public ways at the cost of the owners of properties binding
thereon;
(d) To regulate the use of streets and public ways by per-
sons, animals and vehicles; to prohibit the use of such streets
and public ways by any or all motor vehicles under such cir-
cumstances or upon such conditions as it may, from time to
time, by ordinance, deem necessary or expedient in the interest
of the public. Any such regulation shall not involve any charge
of any kind for the use of such street or public way, other than
reasonable charges for parking within areas set aside exclu-
sively for that purpose;
(e) To regulate the opening of street surface for the pur-
poses authorized by law or ordinance;
(f) To regulate the numbering or designation of buildings,
lots or parcels of land and the naming of streets and public
ways and places;
(g) To regulate the use of streets and public ways for poles,
wires and conduits and to construct and maintain poles, wires
and conduits for use by the City or by others upon terms fixed
by the City;
(h) To provide for the cleaning and lighting of streets and
public ways and places;
(i) To provide for and regulate the planting, maintenance
and removal of trees on streets and public ways and places;
(j) To provide for the making and enforcement of plans for
the development of areas and properties within the city.
(28) SUNDAY.
To prohibit, or permit and regulate, from time to time by
ordinance, amusements, entertainments or games to be held,
shown or played for recreation or profit, and the sale at retail
of any article of merchandise within Baltimore City on Sun-
day; provided that no ordinance passed in the exercise of this
power shall become effective until it has been submitted to and
approved by the voters of Baltimore City at such general, muni-
cipal or special election as may be provided in such ordinance.
At any such election the general election laws of the State shall
be applicable and the City is authorized to make use of the
facilities and equipment of the Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tion of Baltimore City. Sections 560, 571, 575 and 576 of
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Flack's Edition
of 1939), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Sabbath
Breaking", shall not apply to Baltimore City and shall be re-
pealed in so far as such sections prohibit amusements, enter-
tainments or games and the sale at retail of merchandise in
Baltimore City on Sunday.
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