Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-03
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upon such property, to be collect.
ed as municipal taxes are col
lected.
l34) To provide for the light
ing of the town.
1851 To regulate and prohibit
the running at large of cattle,
horses, swine, fowl, sheep, goats,
dogs or other animals; to author
ize the impounding, keeping, sale
and redemption of such animals
when found in violation of the
ordinance in such cases provided.
1861 To obtain by lease or rent,
own. construct, purchase, oper-
ate, and maintain public markets
within the town.
(37) To regulate or prevent the
use of public ways, sidewalks,
and public places for signs, avn
ings, posts, steps, ratings, en-
frances, racks, posting handbills
and advertisements, and display
OF goods, wares, and merchan-
disc.
1881 To regulate or prohibit
unreasonable ringing of bells,
crying of goods, or sounding of
whistles and horns.
$500 To prevent or abate by
appropriate ordinance all nuis-
ances in the town which are so
defined at common law, by this
charter. or by the laws of the
State of Maryland, whether the
same 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, con-
troll 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 emu
meration, not limitation.
(40) To remove all nuisances
and Instructions from the streets,
lanes and alleys and from any
lots adjoining thereto, or any
other places within the limits of
the town.
(41) To license and regulate
and to establish, obtain by pur-
chase, by lease or by rent, own,
construct, operate, and maintain
parking lots and other facilities
for off-street parking.
(42) To install parking meters
on the streets and public places
Of the town in such places as they
shall by ordinance determine, and
by ordinance to prescribe rates
and provisions for the use there
of. except that the installation of
parking meters on any street or
road maintained by the State
Roads Commission of MARYLAND
must first be approved by the
Commission.
(43) To establish and maintain
public parks, gardens, play
grounds, and other recreational
facilities and programs to pro-
mote the health, welfare, and en-
ioyment of the inhabitants of
the town.
CAD To establish, operate, and
maintain a police force. All town
policemen shall, within the NUM-
cipality, have the powers and
authority of constables in this
State.
(45) 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 i'll
fame; all tramps and Migrants;
all disorder, disturbances, annoy
ances, disorderly conduct, OBJ
scenity, public profanity, and
drunkenness.
(46) To acquire by convey
ance. purchase, or gift, real or
leaSable property for any public
purposes; to erect buildings and
structures thereon for the bene-
fit of the town and its inhabi-
tants; 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.
(47) To establish quarantine
regulations in the interests of the
public health.
(48) 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 Mary
land or with this charter.
(49) To regulate the use of
sidewalks and all structures in,
under or above the same; to re-
uuire the owner or OCCUPANT of
premises to keep the sidewalks
in front thereof free from snow
or other distractions; to pre-
scribe hours for cleaning side
walks.
(50) To regulate or prevent the
throwing or depositing of sweep
ings, 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.
(5D To license. tax and regu-
late public hackmen. taxicab men,