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BALTIMORE CITY.

some convenient place in the city of Baltimore, and assent to

and adopt, or dissenl frorn and reject, the aforegoing alterations

and provisions established by this act, and shall return, in

writing, under their hands and seals, a statement of their pro-

ceedings to the register's office of the city of Baltimore, and

also a duplicate thereof to the clerk of the court of appeals of

the western shore of Maryland, there to be kept as other public

records are.

Persons au-

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the persons appointed to hold

thorized to
hold said

elections in the several wards of the said city, on the first Mon-

elections

day in October last, shall, and it is hereby required of them, to

hold and conduct an election for the said delegates to the con-

vention on the said first Monday in February next, in the same

manner that an election for members of the first branch of the

city council is had; the expenses of which election shall be

defrayed by the said corporation, in the same manner that the

expenses of other city elections are.

AN ACT relating to the City of Baltimore. — 1817, ch. 148.

Division of

SEC. 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland,

city into
wards.

That from and after the thirtieth day of September next, the

city of Baltimore shall be divided into twelve wards, as nearly

equal in population as may be, and the boundaries of which shall

be as nearly as practicable in right lines. And when the num-

ber of its inhabitants shall have increased to ninety thousand,

the said city shall be divided into fourteen wards, and when it

shall have increased to one hundred and twenty thousand, the

said city shall be divided into sixteen wards; and when it shall

have increased to one hundred and sixty thousand, the said

city shall be divided into eighteen wards ; and when it shall

have increased to two hundred thousand, the said city shall be

To be cor-

divided into twenty wards. And it shall be the duty of the

rected.

corporation to correct the divisions from time to time, so as to

preserve as accurately as may be, an equal number of inhabi-

tants in each ward.

Annuual

SEO. 2. And be it enacted, That the annual session of the

session.

city council of Baltimore, shall hereafter commence on the first

Quorum.

Monday of January. Two-thirds of each branch shall be a

quorum to do business: and all persons holding offices under

the corporation of the said city, shall, unless otherwise provided

Tenure of

by acts of assembly, or by ordinances of the city, be understood

office.

to hold such offices, during the pleasure of the mayor. And

the mayor of the city shall nominate, and, by and with the

Appointing

advice and consent of a convention of the two branches of the

power.

city council, shall appoint all officers under the corporation,

except the register of the city, and the clerks employed by the

city, or under their authority. The register shall be appointed