CONSTITUTION. 83

SEC. 2. The City Council of Baltimore shall consist of
Two Branches, one of which shall be called the First
Branch, and the other the Second Branch, and each shall
consist of such number of members, having such qualifica-
tion, receiving such compensation, performing such duties,
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 Novem-
ber in every year; and for members of the Second Branch
on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November,
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 hot 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 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 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 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

*As amended by the Act of 1888, chapter 897.