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BALTIMORE CITY.

bers of the second branch shall continue in office for the term

of two years next succeeding the time of their election.

Qualification reduced to $500, supplement in 1807, ch. 152, sec. 5, and

by 1827, ch. 183, sec. 4.

The mayor

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the mayor of the said city,

and second
branch,
bow chosen.

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

time and place of electing the first branch of the city council,

shall elect viva voce, one person qualified to be a member of

the first branch as elector of the mayor and of the members of

the second branch of the city council, on the third Monday in

January next, and on the same day every second year thereafter,

who shall, on the third Monday of February, one thousand

seven hundred and nine-seven, and on the same day every

second year thereafter, meet at the court-house, or some other

convenient place in the said city, and elect, by ballot, a mayor

and eight members of the second branch, to serve for two years

thereafter ; no person shall be eligible for mayor, who is not of

known integrity, experience and sound judgment, twenty-five

years of age, ten years a citizen of the United States, and five

years a resident of Baltimore town, or city, next preceding the

election ; and in case two or more persons shall have an equal

number of votes for mayor, or members of the second branch,

the said electors shall determine, by lot, which of the persons so

having an equal number of votes, shall be appointed to the office

of mayor, or second branch of the city council, as the case may

require ; the said electors of the mayor, and of the members of

the second branch, before they proceed to elect, shall swear, or

affirm, as the case may be, that they will elect, without favour,

partiality or prejudice, such person for mayor, and such persons

as members of the second branch of the city council, as they in

their judgment and conscience believe best qualified for the

said offices, and having the other qualifications required by this

act; that the said electors shall be judges of the elections, re-

turns and qualifications of their members; but no person shall

be elector of the mayor and member of the first branch of the

city council at the same time ; any vacancy happening in the

electors of the mayor, shall be filled up from the ward where

such vacancy happened, without delay, in such manner as

shall be hereafter directed by ordinance, and any vacancy of the

mayoralty happening, the same shall be filled up without delay

by the electors of the mayor for the time being, for the remain-

der of the term; and all vacancies happening in the said second

branch shall be filled up by the electors aforesaid.

Election of the mayor and second branch, altered by supplement in

1807, ch. 152. See also 1817, ch. 148, sec. 3.

Five hundred dollars assessable property made necessary, by supple-

ment in 1807, ch. 152, sec. 5.