CHARTERS.

1399

By 1832, ch. 206, sec. 1, so much of the above act and supplements

thereto, as authorize the election of electors of mayor is repealed, and the

mayor is ordered to be elected by the people without the intervention of

electors.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the city council shall hold
their first session at the court-house in Baltimore, or at any

Session of
the city
councils.

other place within said city, on the second Monday in February,

one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven ; and they shall

meet on the second Monday of February* in every year there-

after ; but the mayor may summon them to convene whenever.

and as often as it may appear to him that the public good may

require their deliberation, Three-fourths of the city council

shall be a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may

adjourn from day to day ; they may compel the attendance of

absent members, in such manner and under such penalties, as

they may by ordinance provide ; they shall appoint their respec-

tive presidents, who shall preside at all their sessions, and shall

vote on all questions ; they shall settle their rules of proceedings,

appoint their own officers, regulate their respective fees, and re-

move them at pleasure ; they shall judge of the elections, returns

and qualifications of their own members, and may, with the con-

currence of three-fourths of the whole, expel any member for dis-

orderly behaviour or mal-conduct in office, but not a second time

for the same cause ; they shall keep a journal of their proceedings,

and enter the yeas and nays on any question, resolve or ordinance,

at the request of any member, and their deliberations shall be

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

May fix the
compensa-
tion for
their ser-
vices by
ordinance.

act and the ordinances of said corporation, and the mayor shall

appoint and commission one of said nomination, to fill the re-

spective offices during pleasure ; and the said mayor shall ap-

point proper persons to fill up all vacancies during the recess of

the session, to hold such appointment until the ensuing session.

The city council shall settle the salary of the first mayor at their

first session of the second year, and the salary of the succeeding

mayors shall be settled previously to their appointment; all

ordinances or acts passed by the city council shall be sent to

the mayor for his approbation, and, when approved by him, shall

become a law, and shall then be obligatory upon the several

courts and justices of the peace of Baltimore county, sheriff and

constables within the limits of the city of Baltimore, and all

other persons within the limits of said city, to every intent and

purpose as the acts of the general assembly of Maryland ; Pro-

vided, the said laws or ordinances shall not contain any thing

repugnant to the constitution or laws of this state, or the Uni-

ted States ; but if the said mayor shall not approve of such