abuses or irregularities which he may find to exist in any de-
partment of public affairs with which his office is connected.

SEC. 7. The office hereby established, shall continue for
four years from the date of the qualification of the first incumbent
thereof, and shall then expire, unless continued by
the General Assembly.

ARTICLE XI.

CITY OF BALTIMORE.

SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the City of Baltimore quali-
fied by law to vote in said city for members of the House of
Delegates, shall on the fourth Wednesday of October, eighteen
hundred and sixty seven, and on the same day in every fourth
year thereafter, elect a person to be Mayor of the City of Bal-
timore, who shall have such qualifications, receive such com-
pensation, discharge such duties, and have such powers as are
now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law; and the term of
whose office shall commence on the first Monday of November
succeeding his election, and shall continue for four years, and
until his successor shall have qualified; and he shall be ineli-
gible for the term next succeeding that for which he was
elected.

SEC. 1. The inhabitants of the City of Baltimore qualified
by law to vote in said city for members of the House of Dele-
gates, shall on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same day in
every second year thereafter, elect a person to be Mayor of the
City of Baltimore, who shall have such qualifications, receive
such compensation, discharge such duties, and have such pow-
ers as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law; and the
term of whose office shall commence on the first! Monday of
November succeeding his election, and shall continue for two
years, and until his successor shall have qualified.

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, possessing such pow-
ers, holding such terms of office, and elected in such manner,