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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 qualification,
receiving such compensation, performing such duties, pos-
sessing 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 Balti-
more on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in
every year; and for members of the Second Branch on the
Tuesday after the first Monday of November, eighteen hun-
dred 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 pre-
scribed for the electors of Mayor.*

SEC. 4. The regular sessions of the City Council of Balti-
more, (which shall be annual), shall commence on the third
Monday of January of 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 re-
quire, 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 Corporation of
Baltimore, or hold any employment or position, the compen-
sation 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

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