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MARYLAND MANUAL CHANGES MADE IN THIS ARTICLE BY THE CHAR- TER OF BALTIMORE CITY AND AMEND- MENTS THERETO. Article XI-A of the Constitution, the voters at the election in November, 1918, have changed the following provisions: 16. The inhabitants of the City of Baltimore qualified to vote for members of the House of Delegates shall, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in May, eighteen hun- dred and ninety-nine, and on the same day and month in every fourth year thereafter, elect by ballot a person of known integrity, experience and sound judgment, over twen- ty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States, and five years a resident of said City next preceding the election, and assessed with property in said City to the amount of two thousand dollars, and who has paid taxes thereon for two years preceding his election, to be Mayor of the City of Baltimore; but the Mayor chosen at the first election under this section shall not enter upon the discharge of the office until the expiration of the term for which the present Mayor was elected; unless the said office of Mayor shall become va- cant by death, resignation, removal from the State or other disqualification of the present Mayor. 20. The term of Mayor shall commence on the Tuesday next after the third Monday of May succeeding his election, and continue for four years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and he shall receive a salary of six thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly. He may ap- point such persons to aid him in the discharge of his duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. In pursuance of the power conferred by Article XI-A of the Constitution and by Chapter 555 Acts of 1920, the voters of Baltimore City adopted the following amendment to the City Charter at the November election 1922: LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. 209. The Legislative Department of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall be vested in the City Council, which shall consist of a single chamber. 210. The City Council shall consist of nineteen members, one of whom shall be the President thereof, and shall possess the qualifications and be elected as hereinafter provided. The other eighteen members shall be elected from the six Councilmanic Districts, three from each district, as herein- after provided. |
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