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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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