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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 Janu-
ary 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 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 Constitution, 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 individual,
association, or corporation; nor shall the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore have the power to involve the City of Baltimore in the con-
struction 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 such debt or credit be authorized
by an Act of the General Assembly 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; but the Mayor and City Council may, temporarily,
borrrow any amount of money to meet any deficiency in the City
Treasury, or to provide for any emergency arising from the necessity of
maintaining the police, or preserving the 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.

*Thus amended by the Act of 1888, Ch. 397.