Article IX

SEC. 2. There shall be an Adjutant-General,
appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate. He shall hold his office until the
appointment and qualification of his successor, or until
removed in pursuance of the sentence of a Court Mar-
tial. He shall perform such duties, and receive such
compensation, or emoluments, as are now, or may be
prescribed by Law. He shall discharge the duties of his
office at the seat of Government, unless absent, under
orders, on duty; and no other officer of the General
Staff of the Militia shall receive salary or pay, except
when on service, and mustered in with troops.

SEC.3.¹⁵⁶ Vacant.
ARTICLE X. Vacant.
ARTICLE XI.¹⁵⁷
CITY OF BALTIMORE.

SECTION 1. The Inhabitants of the City of Balti-
more, 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 thereafter, elect a person to be Mayor of
the City of Baltimore, who shall have such qualifica-
tions, 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 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, 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 Mon-
day of November, 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 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 pre-
scribed for the electors of Mayor.

SEC. 4. The regular sessions of the City Council of
Baltimore (which shall be annual), shall commence on
the third Monday of January of each year, and shall
not continue more than ninety days exclusive of Sun-
days; but the Mayor may convene the City Council in

'" This section and all of Article X repealed by Chapter 99,
Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1956.
'" Thus amended by Chapter 397, Acts of 1888. See Section 9,
Article XI, and the Charter of Baltimore City (1964 Edition),
for changes in this Article made under the authority of Article
11 A of the Constitution.

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extra session whenever, and as often as it may appear to
him that the public good may require, but no called or
extra session shall last longer than twenty days, exclu-
sive of Sundays.

SEC. 5. No person elected and qualified as Mayor,
or as a member of the City Council, shall during the
term for which he was elected, hold any other office of
profit or trust, created, or to be created, by the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, or by any Law relating
to the Corporation of Baltimore, or hold any employ-
ment, or position, the compensation of which shall be
paid, directly or indirectly, out of the City Treasury;
nor shall any such person be interested, directly or indi-
rectly, in any contract, to which the City is a party; nor
shall it be lawful for any person, holding any office, un-
der the City, to be interested, while holding such office,
in any contract, to which the City is a party.

SEC. 6. The Mayor shall, on conviction in a Court of
Law, of wilful neglect of duty, or misbehavior in office,
be removed from office by the Governor of the State,
and a successor shall thereafter be elected, as in a case
of vacancy.

SEC. 7. From and after the adoption of this Consti-
tution, no debt (except as hereinafter excepted), shall be
created by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore;
nor shall the credit of the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore be given, or loaned to, or in aid of any indi-
vidual, association, or corporation; nor shall the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore have the power to in-
volve the City of Baltimore in the construction of works
of internal improvement, nor in granting any aid there-
to, which shall involve the faith and credit of the city,
nor make any appropriation therefor, unless such debt
or credit be authorized by an Act of the General As-
sembly of Maryland, and by an ordinance of the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, submitted to the legal
voters of the City of Baltimore, at such time and place
as may be fixed by said ordinance, and approved by a
majority of the votes cast at such time and place; such
ordinance shall provide for the discharge of any such
debt or credit within the period of forty (40) years from
the time of contracting the same; but the Mayor and
City Council may, temporarily, borrow any amount of
money to meet any deficiency in the City Treasury, and
may borrow any amount at any time to provide for any
emergency arising from the necessity of maintaining the
police, or preserving the health, safety and sanitary con-
dition of the City, and may make due and proper ar-
rangements and agreements for the renewal and exten-
sion, in whole or in part, of any and all debts and
obligations created according to law before the adop-
tion of this Constitution.

SEC. 8. All Laws and Ordinances, now in force, ap-
plicable to the City of Baltimore, not inconsistent with
this Article, shall be, and they are hereby continued un-
til changed in due course of Law.

SEC. 9. The General Assembly may make such
changes in this Article, except in Section seventh there-
of, as it may deem best; and this Article shall not be so
construed, or taken as to make the political corporation
of Baltimore independent of, or free from the control,
which the General Assembly of Maryland has over all
such Corporations in this State.