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each year, and shall not continue more than ninety days, exclusive of
Sundays; but the Mayor may convene the City Council in extra session
whenever, and as often as it may appear to him that the public good may
require, but no called or extra session shall last longer than twenty days,
exclusive of Sundays.

See the section numbered 216.

Sec. 5. 'No person elected and qualified as Mayor, or as a member
of the City Council, shall, during the term for which he was elected,
hold any other office of profit or trust, created, or to be created by the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or by any Law relating to the

Corporation of Baltimore, or hold any employment or position, the com-
pensation of which shall be paid, directly or indirectly, out of the City
Treasury; nor shall any such person be interested, directly or indirectly,
in any contract to which the City is a party; nor shall it be lawful for
any person holding any office under the City, to be interested, while
holding such office, in any contract to which the City is a party.

Sec. 6. The Mayor shall, on conviction in a Court of Law, of wilful
neglect of duty, or misbehavior in office, be removed from office by the
Governor of the State, and a successor shall thereafter be elected, as in
a case of vacancy.

Sec. 7. From and after the adoption of this Constitution, no debt
(except as hereinafter excepted), shall be created by the Mayor and

City Council of Baltimore; nor shall the credit of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore be given or loaned to, or in aid of any individual,
association, or corporation; nor shall the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore have the power to involve the City of Baltimore in the con-
struction of works of internal improvement, nor in granting any aid
thereto, which shall involve the faith and credit of the City, nor make
any appropriation therefor, unless such debt or credit be authorized
by an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, and, by an ordinance
of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, submitted to the legal
voters of the City of Baltimore, at such time and place as may be fixed
by said ordinance, and approved by a majority of the votes cast at such
time and place; but the Mayor and City Council may, temporarily,
borrow any amount of money to meet any deficiency in the City Treas-
ury, or to provide for any emergency arising from the necessity of main-
taining the police, or preserving the safety and sanitary condition of the
City, and may make due and proper arrangements and agreements for
the renewal and extension, in whole or in part, of any and all debts and
obligations created according to Law before the adoption of this Con-
stitution.

The provisions of the act of 1898, chapter 123, section 6 (known as the
Baltimore City charter) relative to the issue of certificates of debt to be
denominated Baltimore Water stock, were intended by the legislature to
preserve in force the existing provisions of law upon that subject and not
to authorize the creation of a new and distinct indebtedness; hence an
ordinance approved May 23, 1906, purporting to provide for the issuance
of certain city stock to defray the cost of augmenting and improving the