ART. 11. ] CITY OF BALTIMORE. ]xxi

Baltimore, who shall have such qualifications, receive such com-
pensation, 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. 1

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.

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 the members of the City
Council shall be the same as those prescribed for the electors of
Mayor. 2

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

i Amended successively by the Act of 1870, ch. 116, and 1888, ch. 397.
AB amended by the Act of 1888, ch. 397.