ART. XI] CONSTITUTION.

year thereafter; and for members of the Second Branch
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.

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[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
November 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 qualifica-
tion for electors of the members of the City Council shall
be the same as those prescribed for the electors oi
Mayor.]*

Time of elec-
tions.

Sec. 4 The regular sessions of the City Council of
Baltimore (which shall be annual), shall commence on
the third Monday of January of each year, and shall not

Sessions,

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

Limitation.

that the public good may require, but no called or extra
session shall last longer than twenty days, exclusive of
Sundays.

Extra sessions

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 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.

Disqualifica-
tions.

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.

Thus amended by the Act of 1888, ch. 397.

Removal of
Mayor.