1486 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 534

such wharf or market or plant or plants and system or
systems for water supply.

(c2) Railroads. To regulate the erection and mainte-
nance of proper safety appliances by railroads at street
crossings.

(d2) Sewers. To grant franchises and regulate the
putting of sewers or drains on or under its public ways and
the charges for entering same.

(e2) Sidewalks. To regulate the use of sidewalks and
all structures on, under, or above same, and to require the
owner or occupant of the premises to keep the sidewalks
in front of the premises and the gutters thereof free from
snow and other obstructions, and to prescribe hours for
cleaning same.

(f2) Sweepings. To regulate and prevent the throwing
of sweepings, dust, ashes, offal, garbage, paper, handbills,
dirty liquids, or other materials into any public way or on
any vacant lot in the city.

(g2) Vagrants. To punish and suppress tramps and
vagrants.

Ch2) Vehicles. To regulate, license, and tax carts,
wagons, carriages, automobiles, and other vehicles used in
the city for transporting goods or persons for hire; to
regulate the speed of horses, wheeled vehicles, bicycles,
motorcycles, automobiles, and locomotives in the city
limits.

(i2) Voting Machines. To purchase, RENT, install, and
maintain voting machines for use in elections.

SO. Saving Clause. The enumeration contained in Sec-
tion 29 is not to be construed as limiting the powers of the
city to the several subjects mentioned.

31. Enforcement. For the purpose of carrying out the
powers enumerated in Section 29 of this charter, for the
preservation of the cleanliness, health, peace, and good
order of the community, for the protection of the lives and
property of the citizens, and to suppress, abate, and dis-
continue, or cause to be suppressed, abated, or discontinued
all nuisances within the corporate and sanitary limits of
the city, the council may pass all ordinances or by-laws
from time to time necessary. To insure the observance of
these ordinances, in addition to the usual action of debt or
such other civil remedies as may exist in such cases by