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occupant or occupants.

(23) Finances. — To levy, assess, and collect ad
valorem property taxes; to expend municipal funds for any
public purpose; to have general management and control of
the finances of the town.

(24) Fire. — To suppress fires and prevent the
dangers thereof and to establish and maintain a fire
department; to contribute funds to volunteer fire
companies serving the town; to inspect buildings for the
purpose of reducting fire hazards, to issue regulations
concerning fire hazards, and to forbid and prohibit the
use of fire—hazardous buildings and structures
permanently or until the conditions of town fire—hazard
regulations are met; to install and maintain fireplugs
where and as necessary, and to regulate their use; and to
take all other measures necessary to control and prevent
fires in the town.

(25)  Food. — To inspect and require the
condemnation of, if unwholesome, and to regulate the sale
of, any food products.

(26)  Franchises. — To grant and regulate
franchises to water companies, electric light companies,
gas companies, telephone companies, telegraph companies,
transit companies, taxicab companies, and any others
which may be deemed advantageous and beneficial to the
town, subject to the limitations and provisions of
Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland. No
franchise shall be granted for a longer period than fifty
years.

(27)  Garbage. — To prevent the deposit of any
unwholesome substance either on private or public
property and to compel its removal to designated points;
to require slops, garbage, ashes, and other waste or
other unwholesome materials to be removed to designated
points, or to require the occupants of the premises to
place them conveniently for removal.

(28)  Grants—in—aid. — To accept gifts and grants
of federal or of State funds from the federal or State
governments or any agency thereof, and to expend the
funds for any lawful purpose, agreeable to the conditions
under which the gifts or grants were made.

(29)  Hawkers. — To license, tax, regulate,
suppress, and prohibit hawkers and itinerant dealers,
peddlers, pawnbrokers, and all other persons selling any
articles on the streets of the town, and to revoke such
licenses for any action or threat of action by such a
licensee in the course of his occupation which causes or