The Commissioners shall and are hereby granted authority to exercise all power relating to municipal affairs and to pass ordinances and take measures for the welfare, health, safety and improvement of the town and to exercise the police power of the town. No enumeration of powers in this or any law shall be deemed to restrict the general grant of authority hereby conveyed, unless expressly so stated in such law. The following shall be deemed a part of the power conveyed upon the Commissioners in this Article.
The Commissioners shall have power to levy, assess and collect taxes and to borrow money within the limits provided by this Charter and to levy and collect assessments for benefits conveyed.
The Commissioners shall have power to make and maintain public improvements and to acquire property within or without the corporate limits necessary for such improvements.
The Commissioners shall have power to have control over all alleys, sidewalks, ditches and public rights-of-way within the corporate limits of the Town of Hebron not maintained by the State of Maryland or Wicomico County and to provide for grading, mending and perfecting the same. Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to impose upon the Commissioners of Hebron the duty or responsibility to maintain or repair any streets, roads or highways within the corporate limits of the said town or in any way change, alter or diminish the existing or future duties and responsibilities of the State of Maryland or Wicomico County in respect to the streets, roads or highways within the corporate limits of the Town of Hebron.
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Editor's Note: Amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III, of the Hebron Code.
The Commissioners shall have power to open, close and alter alleys, sidewalks, ditches and public rights-of-way not maintained by the State of Maryland.
The Commissioners shall have power to enforce within the corporate limits police, health, sanitary, fire, traffic, parking and other similar regulations not in conflict with the laws of the State of Maryland.
The Commissioners shall have power to issue licenses and collect fees therefor, subject to any restrictions imposed by the law of the State of Maryland.
The Commissioners shall have power to enact ordinances and make regulations not in conflict with the laws of the State of Maryland and to impose fines and imprisonment in the county jail, or both, for the violations of such ordinances or regulations. No fine shall exceed one hundred dollars ($100.), nor shall any imprisonment exceed thirty (30) days for any single offense.
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Editor's Note: Amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III, of the Hebron Code.
The Commissioners shall have power to acquire property, real or personal, within or without the boundaries of the town for any public purpose, in fee simple, lease or leasehold interest or estate or any other interest or estate by purchase, gift, bequest, devise, lease or otherwise, and to own, manage or control and to sell, exchange, transfer, mortgage or dispose of any such real or personal property or any interest therein as the interest of the town may require.
The Commissioners shall have power to have and to execute any and all powers that are now given to a municipality, except the City of Baltimore, or that may be given to them by the General Laws of the State of Maryland or that are or may be given to municipalities in Wicomico County by the local laws of the State of Maryland.
The Commissioners shall, by ordinance, provide for the codification of all ordinances which may have been or may be passed and for the typing or printing thereof, and the typed or printed ordinances so issued by the authority of the Commissioners may be read in evidence.
The Commissioners of Hebron may purchase and hold any property, real, personal or mixed, for the town purpose and dispose of the same for the benefit of said town and may erect suitable buildings for municipal purposes.
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Editor's Note: Amended during codification; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. III, of the Hebron Code.