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become a law; but if the mayor shall not approve of any ordi-
nance, he shall return the same within five days, with his reasons
in writing therefor, and if three-fourths of both branches of the
city council, on consideration thereof, approve of the ordinance,
it shall then be an ordinance to all intents and purposes.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 4, sec. 11.

14. If any ordinance shall not be returned by the mayor
within five days after it shall have been presented to him, the
same shall be a law in the same manner as if he had approved it,
unless the city council by their adjournment prevent its return.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 37, sec. 48.

15. The ordinances and resolutions of the mayor and city
council of Baltimore may be read in evidence from the printed,
volumes thereof published by the authority of said corporation.

P. L. L , (I860.) art. 4, sec. 12.

16. The council of the city of Baltimore shall consist of two
branches, one of which shall be denominated the first branch and
the other the second branch.

Ibid. sec. 18.

17. The first branch shall consist of one member from each
ward of the city, who shall be a citizen of the United States,
above the age of twenty-one years, a resident of the city three
years preceding his election, and at the time thereof a resident of
the ward for which he is elected, and assessed with property in.
the city to the amount of three hundred dollars, and shall hold
his office for one year.

Ibid. sec. 14.

18. The second branch shall consist of one member from every
two contiguous wards, who shall be a citizen of the United States,
of the age of twenty-five years, and a resident of the city four
years previous to his election, and assessed with property in the
city to the amount of five hundred dollars, and shall be elected
every second year and hold his office for two years, and shall be
a resident at the time of his election of one of the wards from,
which he is elected.