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twenty-five years of age, ten years a citizen of the "United States,
and five years a resident of said city next preceding the election,
and assessed on the books of the assessor with property in said
city to the amount of five hundred dollars, to be Mayor of the
city of Baltimore.

5. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of
the first branch of the city council, or if no president of the first
branch, or in his absence from the city, the president of the
second branch, shall, within five days after such vacancy, order
a new election, giving at least fifteen days' notice of the same by
advertisement in all the newspapers in said city; and the presi-
dent of the first branch of the city council shall be ex officio
mayor until a new election.

6. In case of the sickness or necessary absence of the mayor,
the president of the first branch, or if no president of the first
branch, or in his absence from the city or sickness, the president
of the second branch, shall ex officio be mayor of the city during
the continuance of such sickness or necessary absence of the
mayor.

7. The term of office of the mayor shall commence on the
second Monday of November succeeding his election, and he
shall receive such salary as shall have been provided by ordi-
nance previous to his election.

8. The mayor shall in virtue of his office have all the jurisdic-
tion and powers of a justice of the peace, except as to the re-
covery of debts, and may call upon any officer of the city
intrusted with the receipt and expenditure of public money for
a statement of his accounts as often as he or the corporation
may conceive necessary.

9. He shall see that the ordinances are duly and faithfully
executed, and shall report annually to the corporation during
the first five days of their session the general state of the city,
with an accurate account of the money received and expended,
to be published for the information of the citizens.

. 10. All ordinances passed by the city council shall be sent to
the mayor for his approbation, and when approved by him shall
become a law; but if the mayor shall not approve of any ordi-
nance, he shall return the same within five days, with his reasons