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BALTIMORE CITY.
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bers of the second branch shall continue in office for the term
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of two years next succeeding the time of their election.
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Qualification reduced to $500, supplement in 1807, ch. 152, sec. 5, and
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by 1827, ch. 183, sec. 4.
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The mayor
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SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the mayor of the said city,
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and second
branch,
bow chosen.
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and the members of the second branch of the city council, shall
be chosen in the following manner, to wit : that each ward at the
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time and place of electing the first branch of the city council,
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shall elect viva voce, one person qualified to be a member of
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the first branch as elector of the mayor and of the members of
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the second branch of the city council, on the third Monday in
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January next, and on the same day every second year thereafter,
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who shall, on the third Monday of February, one thousand
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seven hundred and nine-seven, and on the same day every
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second year thereafter, meet at the court-house, or some other
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convenient place in the said city, and elect, by ballot, a mayor
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and eight members of the second branch, to serve for two years
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thereafter ; no person shall be eligible for mayor, who is not of
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known integrity, experience and sound judgment, twenty-five
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years of age, ten years a citizen of the United States, and five
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years a resident of Baltimore town, or city, next preceding the
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election ; and in case two or more persons shall have an equal
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number of votes for mayor, or members of the second branch,
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the said electors shall determine, by lot, which of the persons so
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having an equal number of votes, shall be appointed to the office
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of mayor, or second branch of the city council, as the case may
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require ; the said electors of the mayor, and of the members of
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the second branch, before they proceed to elect, shall swear, or
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affirm, as the case may be, that they will elect, without favour,
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partiality or prejudice, such person for mayor, and such persons
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as members of the second branch of the city council, as they in
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their judgment and conscience believe best qualified for the
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said offices, and having the other qualifications required by this
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act; that the said electors shall be judges of the elections, re-
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turns and qualifications of their members; but no person shall
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be elector of the mayor and member of the first branch of the
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city council at the same time ; any vacancy happening in the
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electors of the mayor, shall be filled up from the ward where
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such vacancy happened, without delay, in such manner as
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shall be hereafter directed by ordinance, and any vacancy of the
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mayoralty happening, the same shall be filled up without delay
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by the electors of the mayor for the time being, for the remain-
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der of the term; and all vacancies happening in the said second
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branch shall be filled up by the electors aforesaid.
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Election of the mayor and second branch, altered by supplement in
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1807, ch. 152. See also 1817, ch. 148, sec. 3.
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Five hundred dollars assessable property made necessary, by supple-
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ment in 1807, ch. 152, sec. 5.
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