poses by the State; and may, at the discretion of the Leg-
islature, have the supervision of all public buildings, now
belonging to, or which may hereafter be erected by the
State. He shall frequently inspect such buildings as are
committed to his charge, and examine all accounts for labor
and materials required for their construction, or repairs.

SEC. 5. He shall inquire into the undeveloped resources
of wealth of the State of Maryland more especially con-
cerning those within the limits of the Chesapeake Bay and
its tributaries, which belong to the State, and suggest such
plans as may be calculated to render them available as
sources of revenue.

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,

1 Thus 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.