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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAPTER 116.

AN ACT to change the provisions of Section one,
Article eleven, of the Constitution of this State,
title Baltimore City, relating to the term of office
of the Mayor of said city, as provided in and by
Section nine of said Article.

Term of Mayor
changed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That in pursuance of the power con-
tained in Section nine of Article eleven of the Con-
stitution, entitled Baltimore City, Section one of
said Article, be and the same is hereby changed
and altered so far as it provides that the term of
office of the Mayor of Baltimore City shall continue
for four years, and that he shall be ineligible for
the term next succeeding that for which he was
elected.

Serve two
years.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That here-
after an election for Mayor of the city of Baltimore
shall be held on the fourth Wednesday of October
in every second year after the next election for
Mayor, to he held in said city in the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, and the term of office of
the Mayor of said city, shall continue for two years
and until his successor shall have qualified.

Approved March 23, 1870.

CHAPTER 117.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners
of Baltimore County to appoint an additional
Constable for District number "five" in said
County.

Additional
Constable.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of
Baltimore County, be authorized to appoint an ad-
ditional Constable for District number "five," in
said County.

In force.

Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after the date of its passage.

Approved March 23, 1870.