HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                           759

(iii) An emergency is declared by the Governor;
OR

(iv) A bona fide single source of supply or a
proprietary product or process is required.

Article 23A - Corporations - Municipal

2.

(a) The legislative body of every incorporated municipality
in this State, except Baltimore City, by whatever name known,
shall have general power to pass such ordinances not contrary to
the Constitution of Maryland, public general law, or, except as
provided in Section [2A] 2B of this article, public local law as
they may deem necessary in order to assure the good government of
the municipality, to protect and preserve the municipality's
rights, property, and privileges, to preserve peace and good
order, to secure persons and property from danger and
destruction, and to protect the health, comfort and convenience
of the citizens of the municipality; but nothing in this article
shall be construed to authorize the legislative body of any
incorporated municipality to pass any ordinance which is
inconsistent or in conflict with any ordinance, rule or
regulation passed, ordained or adopted by the Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, and nothing in this article shall be taken
or construed to affect, change, modify, limit or restrict in any
manner any of the corporate powers of the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore which it now has or which hereafter may be granted
to it.

2A.

(c) (1) It has been and shall continue to be the policy of
the State to authorize each municipal corporation to displace or
limit competition in the area of port regulation undertaken by a
board of port wardens pursuant to [Section 23A(i)] § 2(23A)(I) of
[Article 23A] THIS ARTICLE, to provide for safe harbors, free of
congestion and navigational hazards, to provide benefits to
municipal citizens by protecting marine life and wildlife, and to
avoid water pollution and erosion.

2C.

The      other provisions of this article and the provisions of

Articles 25, 25A, and 25B of the Annotated Code of Maryland are

intended to be and shall be deemed amended and modified as

provided in § [2A] 2B.

9.

(a) As used in this subtitle the term "municipal
corporation" shall include all cities, towns and villages, now or
hereafter created under any general or special law of this State