90 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. XI

ARTICLE XL

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 fourth Wednesday of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
and on the same day in every fourth 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 first Monday of November succeed-
ing his election, and shall continue for four years, and' until his suc-
cessor shall have qualified; and he shall be ineligible for the term next
succeeding that for which he was elected.

[Sec. 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 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 first Monday of
November succeeding 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, pos-
sessing 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 and Second Branch
of the City Council of Baltimore shall be held in the City of Baltimore-
on the fourth Wednesday of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven;
and for members of the First Branch on the same day in every year
thereafter; and for members of the Second Branch on the same day in
every second year thereafter; and the qualification for electors of the
members of the City Council shall be the same as those prescribed for
the electors of Mayor.

[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 in every year; 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

*By Ch. 116, Acts of 1870, the term of Mayor was made two years; and by Ch.
397, Acts of 1888, the day of election was set for the Tuesday after the first
Monday in November.