CHANGES MADE IN THIS ARTICLE BY THE CHAR-
TER OF BALTIMORE CITY AND AMEND-
MENTS THERETO.

Article XI-A of the Constitution, the voters at the election
in November, 1918, have changed the following provisions:

16. The inhabitants of the City of Baltimore qualified to
vote for members of the House of Delegates shall, on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in May, eighteen hun-
dred and ninety-nine, and on the same day and month in
every fourth year thereafter, elect by ballot a person of
known integrity, experience and sound judgment, over twenty-five
years of age, a citizen of the United States, and five
years a resident of said City next preceding the election, and
assessed with property in said City to the amount of two
thousand dollars, and who has paid taxes thereon for two
years preceding his election, to be Mayor of the City of
Baltimore; but the Mayor chosen at the first election under
this section shall not enter upon the discharge of the office
until the expiration of the term for which the present Mayor
was elected; unless the said office of Mayor shall become va-
cant by death, resignation, removal from the State or other
disqualification of the present Mayor.

20. The term of Mayor shall commence on the Tuesday
next after the third Monday of May succeeding his election,
and continue for four years, and until his successor shall be
elected and qualified, and he shall receive a salary of six
thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly. He may ap-
point such persons to aid him in the discharge of his duties
as may be prescribed by ordinance.

In pursuance of the power conferred by Article XI-A of
the Constitution and by Chapter 555 Acts of 1920, the voters
of Baltimore City adopted the following amendment to the
City Charter at the November election 1922:

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

209. The Legislative Department of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shall be vested in the City Council,
which shall consist of a single chamber.

210. The City Council shall consist of nineteen members,
one of whom shall be the President thereof, and shall possess
the qualifications and be elected as hereinafter provided.
The other eighteen members shall be elected from the six
Councilmanic Districts, three from each district, as herein
after provided.