possessing such powers, holding such terms of office, and
elected in such manner, as are now, or may hereafter be
prescribed by Law.

SEC. 3. An election for members of the First Branch of
the City Council of Baltimore shall be held in the City of
Baltimore on the Tuesday after the first Monday of No-
vember in every year; and for members of the Second
Branch on the Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same
day in every second year thereafter; and the qualification
for electors of the members of the City Council shall be
the same as those prescribed for the electors of Mayor.*

SEC. 4. The regular sessions of the City Council of Bal-
timore, (which shall be annual), shall commence on the
third Monday of January of each year, and shall not con-
tinue 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.

SEC. 5. No person elected and qualified, as Mayor, or as
a member of the City Council, shall, during the term for
which be 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 Cor-
poration of Baltimore, or hold any employment or position,
the compensation 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 b^ 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

*As amended by the Act of 1888, chapter 397,