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