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in writing therefor, and if three-fourths of both branches of the
city council, on consideration thereof, approve of the ordinance,
it shall then be an ordinance to all intents and purposes.

11. If any ordinance shall not be returned by the mayor
within five days after it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be a law in the same manner as if he had approved
it, unless the city council by their adjournment prevent its
return.

12. The council of the city of Baltimore shall consist of two
branches, one of which shall be denominated the first branch and
the other the second branch.

13. The first branch shall consist of one member from each
ward of the city, who shall be a citizen of the United States,
above the age of twenty-one years, a resident of the city three
years preceding his election, and at the time thereof a resident
of the ward for which he is elected, and assessed on the books of
the assessor to the amount of three hundred dollars, and shall
hold his office for ono year.

14. The second branch shall consist of one member from every
two contiguous wards, who shall be a citizen of the United States,
of the age of twenty-five years, and a resident of the city four
years previous to his election, and assessed on the books of the
assessor to the amount of five hundred dollars, and shall be
elected every second year and hold his office for two years, and
shall be a resident at the time of his election of one of the wards
from which he is elected.

15. The election for members of the first branch shall be held
on the second Wednesday of October in each year, and shall be
held by wards, and no person shall be entitled to vote for any but
the member for the ward of which he is resident.

16. The election for the members of the second branch shall
be held on the second Wednesday of October in every second
year.

17. The qualifications of electors of members of the city council
shall be the same as those of electors of mayor.