ARTICLE XI.
CITY OF BALTIMORE

SECTION 1. The inhabitants of the City of Baltimore
qualified by law to vote in said city for members of the House
of Delegates, shall on the fourth Wednesday of October,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same day in
every fourth year thereafter, elect a person to be Mayor of
the City of Baltimore, who shall have such qualifications,
receive such compensation, discharge such duties, and have
such powers as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by
law; and the term of whose office shall commence on the first
Monday of November succeeding his election, and shall con-
tinue for four years, and until his successor shall have qualified;
and he shall be ineligible for the term next succeeding that for
which he was elected.(1)

SEC. 1. The inhabitants of the City of Baltimore qualified
by law to vote in said city for members of the House of Dele-
gates, shall on the Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same day
in every second year thereafter, elect a person to be Mayor of
the City of Baltimore, who shall have such qualifications, re-
ceive such compensation, discharge such duties, and have such
powers as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law; and
the term of whose office shall commence on the first Monday
of November succeeding his election, and shall continue for two
years, and until his successor shall have qualified.

SEC. 2. The City Council of Baltimore shall consist of two
branches, one of which shall be called the First Branch, and
the other the Second Branch, and each shall consist of such
number of members, having such qualification, receiving such
compensation, performing such duties, possessing such powers,
holding such terms of office, and elected in such manner, as are
now, or may hereafter be prescribed by law.

SEC. 3. An election for members of the First Branch of
the City Council of Baltimore shall be held in the City of
Baltimore on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November
in every year; and for the members of the Second Branch on
the Tuesday after the first Monday of November eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same day in every second
year thereafter; and the qualification for electors of the mem-
bers of the City Council shall be the same as those prescribed
for the electors of Mayor.*

(1)See changes made by Charter.
* Thus amended by the Act of 1888, Chapter 377.