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Maryland Manual, 1927
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MARYLAND MANUAL 417


Baltimore, or by any law relating to the corporation of Bal
timore, or hold any employment or position, the compensa
tion 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.

Sac. 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 suc
cessor shall thereafter be elected, as in a case of vacancy.

Sac. 7. From and after the adoption of this Constitution,
no debt (except as hereinafter excepted), shall be created
by the Mayor and the 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 corporation; nor shall the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore 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 involve the faith and
credit of the City, nor make any appropriation therefor, un
less such debt or credit be authorized by an Act of the Gen
eral 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 ma
jority 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 deficiency in the City Treas
ury, or to provide for any emergency arising from the neces
sity of maintaining the police, or preserving 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 ob
ligations created according to law before the adoption of
this Constitution.
Sac. 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.
Sac 9. The General Assembly may make such changes
in this Article, except in Section 7 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.


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