358 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 10, Sec. 6]

SEC. 6. He shall make detailed reports to every General
Assembly within the first week of its session, in reference
to each of the subjects committed to his charge, and he
shall also report to the Governor, in the recess of the Leg-
islature, all abuses, or irregularities, which he may find to
exist in any Department of public affairs, with which his
office is connected.

SEC. 7. The office hereby established shall continue for
four years from the date of the qualification of the first
incumbent thereof, and shall then expire, unless continued
by the General Assembly.

ARTICLE XI.

CITY OF BALTIMORE¹.

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 Tuesday after the first
Monday of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine,
and on the same day and month in every second year there-
after, elect a person to be Mayor of the City of Baltimore,
who shall have such qualifications, receive such compensa-
tion, 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 third Wednesday in
the November of the year of 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, receiv-
ing 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 of Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same day
in every year thereafter; and for members of the Second
Branch on the Tuesday after the first Monday of Novem-
ber, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same day

' Thug amended by Chapter 397, Acts of 1888. See Section 9, Article XI, and
below for changes made in this Article under the authority of Article XI-A.