General Staff of the Militia shall receive salary or pay,
except when on service, and mustered in with troops.

SEC. 3.¹⁷⁴ Vacant.

ARTICLE X.¹⁷⁵
Vacant.

ARTICLE XI.¹⁷⁶
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 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 Novem-
ber 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 pow-
ers, 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 qualifi-
cation 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 con-
tinue 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 office by the Governor of the State, and a
successor shall thereafter be elected, as in a case of vacancy

SEC. 7.¹⁷⁷ From and after the adoption of this Consti-
tution, 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 Balti-
more 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 construction of works of internal improve-
ment, 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 ordi-
nance 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 contract-
ing 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 Consti-
tution.

The General Assembly may, from time to time, fix a
limit upon the aggregate amount of bonds and other
evidences of indebtedness 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.¹⁷⁸
LOCAL LEGISLATION.

SECTION 1.¹⁷⁹ On demand of the Mayor of Bald-
more and City Council of the City of Baltimore, or on