ART XI.] CONSTITUTION. 73
SEC. 6. The Mayor shall, on conviction in a court of law,
of willful 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. |
Removal of
Mayor. |
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 corpor-
ation; 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 Assem-
bly 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 defi-
ciency in the city treasury, or to provide for any emergency
arising from the necessity of maintaining the police, or pre-
serving the safety and sanitary condition of the city, and may
make due and proper arrangements and agreements for the
removal and extension, in whole or in part, of any and all
debts and obligations created according to law before the
adoption of this Constitution.
Mayor, etc., of Balto, vs. Gill, 31 Md., 375. Pumphrey vs. Mayor &
C. C. of Baltimore, 47 Md., 145. Balto. City vs. Gorter, 93 Md., 1.
Bond vs. M. & C. C. of Balto., 116 Md. P. B. & W. Ry. vs. M. &C. 0. of
Balto., 121 Md. |
Debts. |
SEC. 8. All laws and ordinances now in force applicable to
the city of Baltimore, not inconsistent with this Article, shall
be, and they are hereby continued until changed in due course
of law.
Hooper vs. New, 85 Md., 565. |
Laws in force |
SEC. 9. The General Assembly may make such changes in
this Article, except in Section 7th thereof, as it may deem
best; and this Article shall not be so construed or taken as to
make the political corporation of Baltimore independent of,
or free from the control which the General Assembly of
Maryland has over all such corporations in this State.
Pumphrey vs. Mayor, etc., of Balto., 47 Md., 145.
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Changes. |
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