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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 construction 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 Bal-
timore, at such time and place as may be fixed by said ordi-
nance, and approved by a majority of the votes cast at such
time and place; but the Mayor and City Council may, tempo-
rarily, borrow 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 obliga-
tions created according to Law before the adoption of this
Constitution.

Mayor, etc, of Balto v. Gill, 31 Md. 375. Pumphrey v. Mayor, & C. C.
of Balto, 47 Md. 145. Balto. City v. Gorter, 93 Md 1.

Sec. 8. All Laws and Ordinances now in force applicable to

-the City of Baltimore, not inconsistent with this Article, shall
be, and they are hereby continued until changed in due course
of Law.

Hooper v New, 85 Md. 665.