82 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. V

qualified; shall be ineligible for two years thereafter; shall give such
bond, exercise such powers, and perform such duties as now are or may
hereafter be fixed by law. In case of a vacancy by death, resignation,
refusal to serve, or neglect to qualify, or give bond, or by disqualifica-
tion, or removal from the County or City, the Governor shall appoint
a person to be Sheriff for the remainder of the official term.

Sec. 45. Coroners, Elisors and Notaries Public may be appointed
for each County and the City of Baltimore in the manner, for the pur-
pose and with the powers now fixed, or which may hereafter be pre-
scribed by law.

ARTICLE V.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND STATERS ATTORNEYS.

Attorney-General.

Sec. 1. There shall be an Attorney-General elected by the qualified
voters of the State, on general ticket, on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday in the month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-
seven, and on the same day in every fourth year thereafter, who shall
hold his office for four years from the time of his election and qualifi-
cation, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and shall be
re-eligible thereto, and shall be subject to removal for incompetency,
wilful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a
court of law.

Sec. 2. All elections for Attorney-General shall be certified to, and
returns made thereof by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts for the several
Counties, and the Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City, to the
Governor of the State, whose duty it shall be to decide on the election
and qualification of the person returned; and in case of a tie between
two or more persons to designate which of said persons shall qualify as
Attorney-General, and to administer the oath of office to the person
elected.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to prosecute
and defend on the part of the State all cases which at the time of his
appointment and qualification, and which thereafter may be depending
in the Court of Appeals, or in the Supreme Court of the United States
by or against the State, or wherein the State may be interested; and
he shall give his opinion in writing whenever required by the General
Assembly, or either branch thereof, the Governor, the Comptroller, the
Treasurer, or any State's Attorney, on any legal matter, or subject
depending before them, or either of them; and when required by the
Governor or the General Assembly, he shall aid any State's Attorney
in prosecuting any suit or action brought by the State in any Court of
this State, and he shall commence and prosecute or defend any suit
or action in any of said Courts, on the part of the State, which the
General Assembly, or the Governor, acting acording to law, shall direct
to be commenced, prosecuted or defended; and he shall receive for his