Council of Baltimore shall be held in the
City of Baltimore on the fourth Wednes-
day of October, eighteen 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
second year thereafter; and the qualifi-
cation for electors of the members 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 Baltimore, (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 require; but no called, or
extra session shall last longer than
twenty days, exclusive of Sundays.
Sec. 5. No person, elected and quali-
fied 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 com-
pensation of which shall be paid, di-
rectly 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 convic-
tion in a Court of Law, of wilful neglect
of duty, or misbehaviour in office, be re-
moved from office by the Governor of
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the State, and a succsesor shall there-
after 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 Balti-
more; 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 corporation; nor shall
the Mayor and City Council of Balti-
more have the power to involve the City
of Baltimore in the construction of
Works of Internal Improvement, nor in
granting any aid thereto, which shall in-
volve 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 Assembly 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, bor-
row any amount of money to meet any
deficiency in the City Treasury, or to
provide for any emergency arising from
the necessity of maintaining the Police,
or preserving the safety and sanitary
condition of the City, and may make due
and proper arrangements and agree-
ments for the renewal and extension, in
whole or in part, of any and all debts
and obligations, created according to
Law before the adoption of this Consti-
tution.
Sec. 8. All Laws and Ordinances, now
in force, applicable to the City of Balti-
more, not inconsistent with this Article,
shall be, and they are hereby continued
until changed in due course of Law.
Sec. 9. The General Assembly may
make such changes in this Article, ex-
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