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paid or ordered to be paid to the several registers and
their clerks in the several counties for services in regis-
tering the voters in their election districts; and also all
moneys paid or ordered to be paid for printing lists of
registered voters, under the registry laws of this State
since their adoption.
On motion of Mr. Carter, it was
Ordered, That the hour of meeting of this Convention,
on and after Thursday, May 30th, shall be 10J/2 o'clock
A. M.
Mr. Vansant submitted the following, which, after de-
bate, was adopted.
Ordered, That debate upon amending reports of stand-
ing or special committees shall be limited to fifteen min-
utes for each speech; provided the chairman of the com-
mittee, when the report of the committee of which he is
chairman shall be before the convention on its second
reading, may be allowed twenty minutes for each speech.
Mr. Barry, from the Committee on the Attorney Gen-
eral, made the following report:
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Section 1. There shall be an Attorney General ap-
pointed and nominated by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, who shall hold his office
during the term of the Governor by whom he shall have
been appointed, and until his successor shall be appointed
and qualified, and shall be subject to removal by the Gov-
ernor, on a hearing, for incompetency, willful neglect of
duty or misdemeanor in office, or on conviction in a court
of law for any of said causes.
Sec. 2. 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 courts of the United States,
by or against the State, or wherein the State may be in-
terested; and he shall give his opinion in writing when-
ever required by the General Assembly or either branch
thereof, the Governor, the comptroller, the treasurer, or
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