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a resident of the ward for which he is elected, and assessed,
with property to the amount of three hundred dollars, who has
paid taxes on the same one year prior to his election, and shall
hold his office for two years. Each member of the First
Branch shall be paid a salary of one thousand dollars per
annum, payable monthly.

211. The Second Branch shall consist of nine members,
one of whom shall be the President thereof, and shall possess
the qualification and be elected as hereinafter provided. The
other eight members shall be elected from the City of Balti-
more at large, until the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
shall divide the City of Baltimore into four Councilmanic Dis-
tricts, to be known as the first, second, third and fourth Coun-
cilmanic Districts, which shall each contain as near as possible
one-fourth of the population of the City of Baltimore, and
shall each be composed of six contiguous wards, according to
their numerical order, beginning with the first ward. After
said division, then two members of the Second Branch shall
be elected from each of said Districts. The members of the
Second Branch, excepting the President thereof, shall be citi-
zens of the United States above the age of twenty-five years,
residents of the City of Baltimore four years prior to their
election, each of whom has been assessed with property in the
said City in the sum of five hundred dollars, and who has paid
taxes on the same for two years prior to his election, and said
members of the Second Branch shall hold their offices for four
years, except as provided in section 213 of this Article, and
each of them shall be paid a salary of one thousand dollars
per annum, payable monthly, provided, that the members of the
Second Branch of the City Council in office upon the date of
the passage of this Article shall receive such compensation as
they would have been entitled to receive if they had served out
the full term for which they were elected.

212. The election for members of the First Branch shall
be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in May, in
the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and upon every
second year thereafter. Said election shall be held by wards,
and no person shall be entitled to vote for any member of the
First Branch except for the member for the ward of which the
voter is a resident. The members of said Branch now in office
shall hold office until their successors have been elected under
the provisions of this Article, and have duly qualified.