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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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Persons shall qualify as State's Attorney,
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and to administer the oaths of office to the
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Person elected.
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Sec. 9. The State's Attorney shall per-
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form such duties and receive such salary
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as shall be prescribed by Law; and if any
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State's Attorney shall receive any other fee
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or reward than such as is or may be
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allowed by Law, he shall, on conviction
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thereof, be removed from office; provided,
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that the State's Attorney for Baltimore City
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shall have the power to appoint a Deputy
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and such other Assistants as the Supreme
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Bench of Baltimore City may authorize or
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approve and until otherwise provided by
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the General Assembly, the said State's
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Attorney, Deputy and Assistants shall
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receive the following annual salaries: State's
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Attorney, seven thousand five hundred dol-
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lars; Deputy State's Attorney, five thousand
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dollars; Assistant State's Attorneys, four
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thousand dollars each; said salaries, or such
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salaries as the General Assembly may sub-
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sequently provide, and such expenses for
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conducting the office of the State's Attorney
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as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
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may authorize or approve shall be paid by
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the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
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to the extent that the total of them exceeds
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the fees of his office, or as the General
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Assembly shall otherwise provide, and the
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Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall
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not be liable for appearance fees to the
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State's Attorney.
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Sec. 10. No person shall be eligible to
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the office of State's Attorney, who has not
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been admitted to practice Law in this State,
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and who has not resided, for at least two
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years, in the county, or city, in which he
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may be elected.
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Sec. 11. In case of a vacancy in the
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office of State's Attorney, or, of his removal
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from the county, or city in which he shall
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have been elected, or on his conviction as
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herein specified, the said vacancy shall be
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filled by the Judge or Judges resident in the
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county or, if there be no resident Judge, the
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Judge or Judges having jurisdiction in the
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Circuit Court of the county in which the
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vacancy occurs, or by the Supreme Bench
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of Baltimore City for a vacancy occurring
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in Baltimore City, for the residue of the
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term thus made vacant.
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Sec. 12. The State's Attorney in each
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County, and the City of Baltimore, shall
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have authority to collect, and give receipt,
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