The Mayor and Council shall have power to enact all just and
reasonable ordinances consistent with the laws of this state; to make
effective all of the provisions of this Charter; to provide the City
with good government and to safeguard the health, safety, welfare,
comfort, and convenience of its residents; and to license, in a manner
and in such incidents consistent with the public general and public
local laws of Maryland, for the purpose of regulation and revenue
and to protect the health, safety, comfort, and convenience of the
residents of the City, all and every kind of business transacted or
carried on within the City and to provide for the collection of license
fees and the enforcement of such licenses by suit or otherwise.