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(46) (Parks and Recreation.) To establish and maintain public
parks, gardens, playgrounds, and other recreational facilities and
programs to promote the health, welfare, and enjoyment of the
inhabitants of the town.

(47) (Police force.) To establish, operate, and maintain a police
force. All town policemen shall, WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY,
have the powers and authority of constables in this State.

(48) (Police Powers.) To prohibit, suppress, and punish within
the town all vice, gambling, and games of chance; prostitution and
solicitation therefor and the keeping of bawdy houses and houses
of ill fame; all tramps and vagrants; all disorder, disturbances,
annoyances, disorderly conduct, obscenity, public profanity, and
drunkenness.

(49) (Property.) To acquire by conveyance, purchase or gift,
real or leasable property for any public purposes; to erect buildings
and structures thereon for the benefit of the town and its inhabitants;
and to convey any real or leasehold property when no longer needed
for the public use, after having given at least twenty days' public
notice of the proposed conveyance; to control, protect and maintain
public buildings, grounds and property of the town.

(50)    (Quarantine.) To establish quarantine regulations in the
interests of the public health.

(51)    (Regulations.) To adopt by ordinance and enforce within
the corporate limits police, health, sanitary, fire, building, plumbing,
traffic, speed, parking, and other similar regulations not in conflict
with the laws of the State of Maryland or with this charter.

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

sidewalks.

(53)    (Sweepings.) To regulate or prevent the throwing or de-
positing of sweepings, dust, ashes, offal, garbage, paper, handbills,
dirty liquids, or other unwholesome materials into any public way or
onto any public or private property in the town.

(54) (Taxicabs.) To license, tax and regulate public hackmen,
taxicab men, draymen, drivers, cabmen, porters and expressmen,
and all other persons pursuing like occupations.

(55)    (Vehicles.) To regulate and license wagons and other vehi-
cles not subject to the licensing powers of the State of Maryland.

(56)    (Voting Machines.) To purchase, lease, borrow, install, and
maintain voting machines for use in town elections.

(57)     (Zoning.) To exercise the powers as to planning and
zoning, conferred upon municipal corporations generally in Article
66B of the Annotated Code of Maryland, SUBJECT, HOWEVER,
TO THE LIMITATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF SAID ARTICLE.

(58)    (Saving Clause.) The enumeration of powers in this sec-
tion is not to be construed as limiting the powers of the town to the
several subjects mentioned.

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