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President or a majority of the members of the Commission. All meetings
of the Commission shall be open to the public, and the rules of the Com-
mission shall provide that residents of the Town shall have a reasonable
opportunity to be heard at any meeting in regard to any municipal
question.

7.    (Commission To Be Judge of Qualifications of its Members.) The
Commission shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its
members.

8.    (Quorum.) A majority of the members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no ordinance shall
be approved nor any other action taken without the favorable votes of a
majority of the whole number of members elected to the Commission.

9.    (Procedure of the Commission.) The Commission shall deter-
mine its own rules and order of business. It shall keep a journal of its
proceedings and enter therein the yeas and nays upon final action of any
question, resolution, or ordinance, or at any other time if required by any
one member. The journal shall be open to public inspection.

10.

GENERAL POWERS

(1) (General Powers.) The Commission shall have the power to pass
all such ordinances not contrary to the Constitution and laws of the State
of Maryland or this Charter as it may deem necessary for the good govern-
ment of the Town; for the protection and preservation of the Town's
property, rights, and privileges; for the preservation of peace and good
order; for securing persons and property from violence, danger, or destruc-
tion; and for the protection and promotion of the health, safety, comfort,
convenience, welfare, and happiness of the residents of the Town and
visitors thereto and sojourners therein.

(2) (Specific Powers.) The Commission shall have, in addition,
the power to pass ordinances not contrary to the laws and Constitution
of this State, for the following specific purposes:

(3) (Advertising) To provide for advertising for the purposes of
the Town, for printing and publishing statements as to the business of
the Town.

(4) (Aisles.) To regulate and prevent the obstruction of aisles in
public halls, churches and places of amusement, and to regulate the con-
struction and operation of the doors and means of egress therefrom.

(5) (Amusements.) To provide in the interest of the public welfare
for licensing, regulating, or restraining theatrical or other public
amusements.

(6)   (Appropriations.) To appropriate municipal monies for any
purpose within the powers of the Commission.

(7)   (Auctioneers.) To regulate the sale of all kinds of property
at auction within the Town and to license auctioneers.

(8)  (Band.) To establish a municipal band, symphony orchestra or
other musical organization, and to regulate by ordinance the conduct and
policies thereof.

(9)   (Billboards.) To license, tax and regulate, restrain or prohibit
the erection or maintenance of billboards within the Town, the placing