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BALTIMORE CITY.

Members of

f SEC. 2. Be it enacted^ by the General Assembly* That the

second
branch of

persons in the several wards of the said city, qualified to vote

city council

for members of the first branch of the city council, shall, on

when and
how to be

the first Monday in October next, and on the first t Monday in

elected.

October in every second year thereafter, assemble at the place

of holding elections in their respective wards, and in each ward

there shall be elected, by ballot, one person, a resident of the

ward by which he is elected, which persons, elected as afore-

said, and being eligible as such, shall be the members of the

second branch of the city council of Baltimore; and all vacan-

cies in the said second branch of the city council shall be filled

in the same manner that vacancies in the first branch of the

city council are filled up.

The words 'of Maryland* omitted in the engrossed law and record.

t By 1827, ch. 183, sec. 1, it is altered to the third Monday.

Mayor,
how to be

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the mayor of the said city

chosen.

shall be chosen in the following manner, to wit: The persons

qualified to vote for members of the first branch of the city

council, shall, on the first Monday in October next, and on the

same day in every second year thereafter, assemble at the place

of holding elections in their respective wards in the city of

Baltimore, and elect, by ballot, sixteen persons qualified to be

members of the first branch of the city council as electors of

the mayor of the said city, two of whom shall reside in each of

the said wards, which said electors shall, on the first Monday

in November next, and on the same day in every second year

thereafter, meet at some convenient place jn the city of Balti-

more, and by ballot elect a mayor, to serve as such for two

years next thereafter ; and no person shall be eligible as mayor,

who is not of known integrity, experience and sound judg-

ment, twenty-five years of age, ten years a citizen of the United

States, five years a resident in the city of Baltimore next pre-

ceding the election, and assessed on the books of the assessor

with property in the city of Baltimore to the amount of five

hundred dollars ; and in case two or more persons shall have

an equal number of votes for the mayor, 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; and

the said electors, before they proceed to the said election, shall

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

favour, partiality, or prejudice, such person for mayor, as they,

in their judgment and conscience, believe best qualified for the

office, and having other qualifications required by this act; that

the said electors shall be judges of their own elections, returns

and qualifications ; but no person who is a member of either

branch of the city council, or holds any office of profit in the

said corporation, shall be eligible as elector of the mayor; and