CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		formed according to the provisions of this
		Constitution, shall be embraced in the First
		Judicial Circuit; and the times for holding
		the Courts therein shall be fixed and deter-
		mined by the General Assembly.
		Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall pass
		all such Laws as may be necessary more
		fully to carry into effect the provisions of
		this Article.
		ARTICLE VII. SUNDRY OFFICERS.
	Section 7.02. Structure of County Govern-	Section 1. County Commissioners shall
	ments.	be elected on general ticket of each county
	Each county shall have a written instru-	by the qualified voters of the several coun-
	ment of government which establishes its	ties of the State on the Tuesday next after
	governmental structure. An instrument of	the first Monday in the month of November,
	government shall be submitted to the voters	commencing in the year nineteen hundred
	of the county and shall be adopted only if	and fifty-eight; their number in each county,
	approved by a majority of those voting on	their compensation, powers and duties shall
	the proposal.	be such as now or may be hereafter pre-
		scribed by Law; they shall be elected at
		such times, in such numbers and for such
		periods, not exceeding four years, as may be
		prescribed by Law.
		See Art. XI, Sec. 1 at Section 7.01 for the
		election of the mayor of Baltimore City.
		Art. XI, sec. 2. The City Council of Balti-
		more 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 compen-
		sation, 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.
		Sec. 3. In election for members of the
		First Branch of the City Council of Balti-
		more shall be held in the City of Baltimore
		on the Tuesday after the first Monday of
		November, eighteen hundred and eighty-
		nine, and on the same day in every year
		thereafter; and for members of the Second
		Branch on the Tuesday after the first Mon-
		day 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.
		Sec. 4. The regular sessions of the City
		Council of Baltimore (which shall be
		annual,) shall commence on the third Mon-
		day of January of each year, and shall not
		continue more than ninety days, exclusive
		of Sundays; but the Mayor may convene the

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