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ART. XXVA] EXPRESS POWERS. 177
tion, it shall be entitled to exercise the following express powers, said
powers being, as to the counties of Maryland adopting such charter or
form of government, granted as a substitute for and in extension of the
powers codified in Article 25 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"County Commissioners," it being the intent of the General Assembly
of Maryland that said Article 25 shall continue to be operative in any
and all such counties of Maryland as do not adopt for themselves a
charter or form of government under the provisions of said Article XIA
of the Constitution, but that the powers herein granted shall be operative
in any and all such counties of Maryland as do adopt such charter or
form of government.
Enumeration of Express Powers.
1918, ch. 456, sec. 3.
3. The following enumerated express powers are hereby granted to
and conferred upon any county or counties which shall hereafter form
a charter under the provisions of said Article XIA of the Constitution,
that is to say:
(A) Local Legislation.
To enact local laws for such county, including the power to repeal or
amend local laws thereof enacted by the General Assembly upon the
matters covered by the express powers in this Article granted; to pro-
vide for the enforcement of all ordinances, resolutions, by-laws and regu-
lations adopted under the authority of this Article by fines, penalties
and imprisonment, enforceable according to law as may be prescribed,
but no such fine or penalty shall exceed $100.00 for any offense or
imprisonment for more than six months.
(B) County Property and Franchises,
To provide for the protection of county property; to provide for the
acquisition and condemnation of property required for public purposes
in the county; to dispose of any real or leasehold property belonging to
the county, provided the same is no longer needed for public use, and to
grant any franchise or right to use the same, or any right or franchise
in relation to any highway, street, road, lanes, alley or bridge, for a
period not longer than twenty-five years, and then only upon such terms
and compensation as said corporation may deem proper, and after such
disposition or grant shall have been advertised once a week for three
successive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation pub-
lished in said county, stating the terms thereof and the compensation to
be received therefor, and giving opportunity for objections thereto.
(C) County Institutions.
To erect, establish, maintain and control hospitals, almshouses, pest
houses or other similar institutions within such county, and make all
regulations for the government and conduct of the same; to establish,
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