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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. 3.¹" Vacant.
ARTICLE X.'⁷⁰
Vacant.
ARTICLE XI.¹⁷'
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 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
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 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 compensa-
tion, 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 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 qualifica-
tion for electors of the members of the City Council shall be the
same as those prescribed 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 Sundays; but the Mayor may convene the City
Council in 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, exclusive 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
employment, 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 indirectly, in any contract,
to which the City is a party; nor shall it be lawful for any person,
holding any office, under 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

"'Repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956.
'"Repealed by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Nov. 6, 1956.
¹⁷¹ 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.

Article XI-A

office by the Governor of the State, and a successor shall
thereafter be elected, as in a case of vacancy.

SEC. 7.'⁷² From and after the adoption of this Constitution, no
debt except as hereinafter provided in this section, 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 individual, association, or
corporation; nor shall the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
have the power to involve the City of Baltimore in the construc-
tion of works of internal improvement, nor in granting any aid
thereto, which shall involve the faith and credit of the city, nor
make any appropriation therefor, unless the debt or credit is
authorized 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 the ordinance, and
approved by a majority of the votes cast at that time and place.
An ordinance for the authorization of debt or credit as aforesaid
may not be submitted to the legal voters of Baltimore City unless
the proposed creation of debt or extension of credit is either (1)
presented to and approved by a majority of the members of the
General Assembly representing Baltimore City no later than the
30th day of the regular session of the General Assembly
immediately preceding its submission to the voters, or (2)
authorized by an Act of the General Assembly. The ordinance
shall provide for the discharge of any such debt or credit within
the period of 40 years from the time of contracting the same. 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 condition of the City, and may
make due and proper arrangements and agreements for the
renewal and extension, in whole or in part, of any and all debts
and obligations created according to law before the adoption of
this Constitution.

The General Assembly may, from time to time, fix a limit upon
the aggregate amount of bonds and other evidences of indebted-
ness of the City outstanding at any one time to the same extent as
it fixes such a limit upon the indebtedness of the chartered
counties.

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

SEC. 9. The General Assembly may make such changes in this
Article, except in Section seventh thereof, 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.

ARTICLE XI-A.'⁷³
LOCAL LEGISLATION.

SECTION I.'⁷⁴ On demand of the Mayor of Baltimore and
City Council of the City of Baltimore, or on petition bearing the
signatures of not less than 20% of the registered voters of said
City or any County (Provided, however, that in any case 10,000
signatures shall be sufficient to complete a petition), the Board of
Election Supervisors of said City or County shall provide at the
next general or congressional election, occurring after such
demand or the filing of such petition, for the election of a charter
board of eleven registered voters of said City or five registered
voters in any such Counties. Nominations for members for said