CHARTERS.
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sensible, and discreet of the people from each ward, who shall
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be citizens of the United States, above twenty-one years of age.
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residents of the said town three years preceding their appoint-
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ment, and assessed on the books of the assessor to the amount
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of one thousand dollars; and the voters for the first branch of
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the said city council shall have the same qualifications as voters
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for delegates to the general assembly of this state; and the said
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election shall be made viva voce.*
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Qualification reduced to J300, by supplement in 1807, ch. 152, sec. 5,
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and 1827, ch. 183, sec. 4.
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* Voting to be by ballot, supplement in 1805, ch. 108.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted. That the first election for members
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Elections
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of the first branch of the city council shall be held on the third
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for the first
branch,
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Monday in February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-
seven, and on the third Monday in February, in each and every
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when to be
held.
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year thereafter, at such place in each ward as the judges of the
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election, in the first instance, and afterwards as the corporation
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by ordinance shall direct. The election shall be held by wards,
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and no person shall be entitled to vote for any but the mem-
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bers of the ward of which he is a resident ; three respectable
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citizens, residents in each ward, or a majority of them, in the
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first instance, to be appointed by the commissioners of Bald-
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How judges
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more town, and afterwards by the mayor of said city, shall
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of elections
are ap-
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be judges of the elections in their respective wards, and they
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pointed.
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shall have power to appoint their respective clerks.
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Changed to third Monday in October, by supplement in 1827, ch. 183,
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sec. 1.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the polls in each ward shall
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Polls open
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be kept open one day, from eight o'clock in the morning till six
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one day.
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o'clock at night, and no longer, and when closed, the several
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judges shall, within three days after such election, notify to the
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persons having the greatest number of legal votes in their re-
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spective wards that they are duly elected ; and they shall make
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their return, and deposite their polls in the first instance with
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the present clerk of the commissioners of Baltimore town, and
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thereafter as shall be directed by ordinance; any vacancy hap-
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pening in the first branch of the city council, shall be filled up
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without delay, from the ward where such vacancy happened,
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in such manner as shall be hereafter directed by ordinance.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the second branch shall
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Qualifica-
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consist of eight members, who shall be chosen from the several
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tions of
members of
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wards, and no person shall be eligible as a member of the
second branch, who is not of the full age of twenty-five years, a
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the second
branch.
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citizen of the United States, and a resident of the said town four
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years previous to his election, and assessed on the books of the
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assessor to the amount of two thousand dollars ; and the mem-
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