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BALTIMORE CITY.
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Members of
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f SEC. 2. Be it enacted^ by the General Assembly* That the
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second
branch of
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persons in the several wards of the said city, qualified to vote
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city council
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for members of the first branch of the city council, shall, on
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when and
how to be
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the first Monday in October next, and on the first t Monday in
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elected.
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October in every second year thereafter, assemble at the place
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of holding elections in their respective wards, and in each ward
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there shall be elected, by ballot, one person, a resident of the
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ward by which he is elected, which persons, elected as afore-
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said, and being eligible as such, shall be the members of the
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second branch of the city council of Baltimore; and all vacan-
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cies in the said second branch of the city council shall be filled
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in the same manner that vacancies in the first branch of the
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city council are filled up.
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The words 'of Maryland* omitted in the engrossed law and record.
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t By 1827, ch. 183, sec. 1, it is altered to the third Monday.
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Mayor,
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the mayor of the said city
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chosen.
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shall be chosen in the following manner, to wit: The persons
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qualified to vote for members of the first branch of the city
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council, shall, on the first Monday in October next, and on the
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same day in every second year thereafter, assemble at the place
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of holding elections in their respective wards in the city of
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Baltimore, and elect, by ballot, sixteen persons qualified to be
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members of the first branch of the city council as electors of
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the mayor of the said city, two of whom shall reside in each of
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the said wards, which said electors shall, on the first Monday
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in November next, and on the same day in every second year
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thereafter, meet at some convenient place jn the city of Balti-
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more, and by ballot elect a mayor, to serve as such for two
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years next thereafter ; and no person shall be eligible as mayor,
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who is not of known integrity, experience and sound judg-
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ment, twenty-five years of age, ten years a citizen of the United
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States, five years a resident in the city of Baltimore next pre-
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ceding the election, and assessed on the books of the assessor
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with property in the city of Baltimore to the amount of five
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hundred dollars ; and in case two or more persons shall have
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an equal number of votes for the mayor, the said electors shall
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determine, by lot, which of the persons, so having an equal
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number of votes, shall be appointed to the office of mayor; and
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the said electors, before they proceed to the said election, shall
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swear, or affirm, as the case may be, that they will elect, without
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favour, partiality, or prejudice, such person for mayor, as they,
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in their judgment and conscience, believe best qualified for the
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office, and having other qualifications required by this act; that
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the said electors shall be judges of their own elections, returns
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and qualifications ; but no person who is a member of either
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branch of the city council, or holds any office of profit in the
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said corporation, shall be eligible as elector of the mayor; and
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