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BALTIMORE CITY.

Baltimore; and the mayor and city council, through their col-

lector duly appointed, shall have the same power and authority

for collecting the several taxes which they may from time to

time levy on the real and personal property within said city, as

is now exercised within the several counties of this state.

Trustees of

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That there shall be annually ap-

the poor.

pointed hereafter, seven trustees of the poor for Baltimore city

and county, three of whom shall be appointed by the governor

and council, and four by the mayor and city council, in the

same manner as other officers of the corporation are appointed,

who shall constitute a board of seven, a majority of whom shall

be competent to do business; and the said board, when orga-

nized according to the acts of assembly in such cases made and

provided, shall exercise all the rights and perform all the duties

heretofore enjoined on the trustees of Baltimore county.

Qualified

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That the mayor and city council

voters may
be re-

of said city, shall have, and they are hereby given full and com-

gistered.

plete authority to provide for the registering of all the qualified

voters in said city as often as they may think necessary; and

that after such registry is made, no person whose name is not

on such registry shall be entitled to vote at the election of the

Proviso.

mayor of said city, or of either branch of the city council ; Pro-

vided always, that the said legistry shall not be conclusive proof

to the judges of the elections afoiesaid, that the persons whose

names are thereon are entitled to vote at the elections aforesaid.

May pass

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the mayor and city council

ordinances

of the city aforesaid, shall have and they are hereby given au-

thority to pass such ordinance or ordinances as may be neces-

sary to effect the objects of the preceding sections.

Repeal.

SEO 8. And be it enacted, That all Jaws inconsistent with,

or repugnant to the provisions of this law, be and the same are

hereby repealed.

ALDERMEN.

AN ACT relating to the Jurisdiction and Powers now vested in Justices of

the Peace, for the City of Baltimore —1835, ch 366

Executive

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

to appoint
15 alder-
men

That on or after the first day of May next, and every year
thereafter, the Governor and council be, and they are hereby

directed, in place of the justices of the peace now authorized to

be appointed for the city of Baltimore, to appoint and commis-

sion fifteen persons, residents of said city for at least two years

immediately preceding their appointment, to be styled aldermen

Jurisdiction

for the city of Baltimore, who shall have all the jurisdiction,

and powers and authority, and perform all the duties belonging

or assigned to justices of the peace for said city; Provided

however, that this act shall not be construed to repeal, or in any