Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 2 - Enumeration of Express Law Making Powers
Section 5-207 - Legislative Authority -- Public Safety

(a)    A municipality may establish and maintain:
        (1)    a fire department; and
        (2)    a police force.
    (b)    A municipality may:
        (1)    provide for the removal of fire hazards;
        (2)    control the use and handling of dangerous and explosive materials; and
        (3)    prevent the discharge of firearms or other explosive instruments.
    (c)    A municipality may:
        (1)    pay rewards for information relating to crime committed in the municipality;
        (2)    prohibit vagrancy, vice, gambling, and houses of prostitution in the municipality;
        (3)    enforce all ordinances relating to disorderly conduct and nuisances equally:
            (i)    within the municipality; and
            (ii)    up to one–half mile outside the municipal limits, except where there is a conflict with the powers of another municipality; and
        (4)    prohibit minors from being on the streets and in public places at certain hours of the night.

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