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<baltimore-city-law heading="Rule 9-3 Numbering">
  <section prefix="Rule" num="9-3" heading="Numbering">
    <para num="(a)">In general. All bills are to be numbered in the order of their introduction.</para>
    <para num="(b)">Numbering scheme.<para num="(1)">Bill numbers comprise:<para num="(i)">a 2-digit prefix, indicating the year of introduction;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a 3- or 4-digit number, indicating the sequence of introduction.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">Resolution numbers comprise:<para num="(i)">a 2-digit prefix, indicating the year of introduction;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a 3- or 4-digit number, indicating the sequence of introduction; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the letter “R”.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">The numbers for bills proposing Ordinances or Resolutions of the Mayor and City Council begin in each elective term of the Council with xx-001 and continue in an unbroken numerical sequence through the end of that term.</para>
      <para num="(4)">The numbers for bills proposing Resolutions of the City Council begin in each elective term of the Council with xx-001R and continue in an unbroken numerical sequence through the end of that term.</para>
    </para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
