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.
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.
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.
