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MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

RUNNING AT LARGE OF CATTLE, HORSES, SWINE, FOWL, SHEEP,
GOATS, DOGS, OR OTHER ANIMALS.

(20)   MINOR PRIVILEGES. - TO REGULATE OR PREVENT THE
USE OF PUBLIC WAYS, SIDEWALKS, AND PUBLIC PLACES FOR
SIGNS, POSTS, STEPS, RAILING, ENTRANCES, POSTING
ADVERTISEMENTS, AND DISPLAY OF GOODS.

(21)   NOISE. - TO REGULATE OR PROHIBIT UNREASONABLE

NOISE.

(22)         NUISANCES. - TO PREVENT OR ABATE BY
APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE ALL NUISANCES IN THE TOWN WHICH ARE
SO DEFINED AT COMMON LAW, BY THIS CHARTER, OR BY THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WHETHER THEY BE HEREIN
SPECIFICALLY NAMED OR NOT; TO REGULATE, TO PROHIBIT, TO
CONTROL THE LOCATION OF, OR TO REQUIRE THE REMOVAL FROM
THE TOWN OF ALL TRADING IN, HANDLING OF, OR MANUFACTURE
OF ANY COMMODITY WHICH IS OR MAY BECOME OFFENSIVE,
OBNOXIOUS, OR INJURIOUS TO THE PUBLIC COMFORT OR HEALTH.
IN THIS CONNECTION THE TOWN MAY REGULATE, PROHIBIT,
CONTROL THE LOCATION OF, OR REQUIRE THE REMOVAL FROM THE
TOWN OF SUCH THINGS AS STOCKYARDS, SLAUGHTERHOUSES,
CATTLE OR HOG PENS, TANNERIES AND RENDERIES. THIS
LISTING IS BY WAY OF ENUMERATION, NOT LIMITATION.

(22)        OBSTRUCTIONS. - TO REMOVE ALL NUISANCES AND

OBSTRUCTIONS FROM THE STREETS AND PUBLIC WAYS.

(23) POLICE FORCE. - TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND
MAINTAIN A POLICE FORCE.

(24)         POLICE POWERS. - TO PROHIBIT, SUPPRESS, AND
PUNISH WITHIN THE TOWN DISORDERLY CONDUCT, OBSCENITY,
DISTURBANCES, DRUNKENESS WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY AND TO
LEVY FINES FOR SUCH OFFENSES.

(25)         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.

(26)       REGULATIONS. - TO ADOPT BY ORDINANCE AND
ENFORCE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS POLICE, HEALTH,
SANITARY, TRAFFIC AND OTHER SIMILAR REGULATIONS NOT IN
CONFLICT WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND OR WITH
THIS CHARTER.

(27)      VEHICLES. - TO REGULATE AND LICENSE WAGONS AND