as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law.

SEC. 3. An election for members of the First and Second
Branch of the City Council of Baltimore shall be held in the
City of Baltimore on the fourth Wednesday of October, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-seven; and for members of the First
Branch on the same day in every year thereafter; and for
members of the Second Branch on the same day in every sec-
ond 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. 3. An election for members of the First Branch of
the City Council of Baltimore shall be held in the City of Bal-
timore on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in
every year; and for the 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 mem-
bers 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 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 or 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 inter-
ested, 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

* Thus amended by the Act of 1888, Chapter 377.