CHARTERS.
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By 1832, ch. 206, sec. 1, so much of the above act and supplements
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thereto, as authorize the election of electors of mayor is repealed, and the
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mayor is ordered to be elected by the people without the intervention of
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electors.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the city council shall hold
their first session at the court-house in Baltimore, or at any
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Session of
the city
councils.
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other place within said city, on the second Monday in February,
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one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven ; and they shall
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meet on the second Monday of February* in every year there-
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after ; but the mayor may summon them to convene whenever.
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and as often as it may appear to him that the public good may
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require their deliberation, Three-fourths of the city council
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shall be a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may
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adjourn from day to day ; they may compel the attendance of
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absent members, in such manner and under such penalties, as
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they may by ordinance provide ; they shall appoint their respec-
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tive presidents, who shall preside at all their sessions, and shall
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vote on all questions ; they shall settle their rules of proceedings,
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appoint their own officers, regulate their respective fees, and re-
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move them at pleasure ; they shall judge of the elections, returns
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and qualifications of their own members, and may, with the con-
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currence of three-fourths of the whole, expel any member for dis-
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orderly behaviour or mal-conduct in office, but not a second time
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for the same cause ; they shall keep a journal of their proceedings,
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and enter the yeas and nays on any question, resolve or ordinance,
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at the request of any member, and their deliberations shall be
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public; they shall ascertain by ordinance the compensation of
their services, which shall not be increased during their con-
tinuance in office. The second branch of the city council shall
nominate two citizens to each office which may arise under this
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May fix the
compensa-
tion for
their ser-
vices by
ordinance.
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act and the ordinances of said corporation, and the mayor shall
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appoint and commission one of said nomination, to fill the re-
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spective offices during pleasure ; and the said mayor shall ap-
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point proper persons to fill up all vacancies during the recess of
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the session, to hold such appointment until the ensuing session.
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The city council shall settle the salary of the first mayor at their
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first session of the second year, and the salary of the succeeding
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mayors shall be settled previously to their appointment; all
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ordinances or acts passed by the city council shall be sent to
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the mayor for his approbation, and, when approved by him, shall
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become a law, and shall then be obligatory upon the several
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courts and justices of the peace of Baltimore county, sheriff and
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constables within the limits of the city of Baltimore, and all
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other persons within the limits of said city, to every intent and
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purpose as the acts of the general assembly of Maryland ; Pro-
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vided, the said laws or ordinances shall not contain any thing
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repugnant to the constitution or laws of this state, or the Uni-
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ted States ; but if the said mayor shall not approve of such
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