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thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom for incom-
petency, willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office,
on conviction in a court of law, or on a vote of two-thirds
of the Senate on the recommendation of the Attorney
General.
Sec. 7. All elections for the State's Attorneys shall be
certified to, and returns made thereof by the clerks of the
said counties and city, to the judges thereof having crim-
inal jurisdiction, respectively, whose duty it shall be to
decide upon the elections and qualifications of the persons
returned, and in case of a tie between two or more per-
sons, to designate which of said persons shall qualify a:
State's Attorney, and to administer the oaths of office to
the person elected.
Sec. 8. The State's Attorney shall perform such duties
and receive such fees and commissions as are now or may
hereafter be prescribed by law, and retain for his services
out of such fees and commissions a sum not exceeding
$5, 000 in any one year; and if any State's Attorney shall
receive any other fee or reward than such as is or may be
allowed by law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be removed
from office; provided that the State's Attorney for Balti-
more city shall have power to appoint one deputy, at a
salary of not more than $1, 500 per annum, to be paid by
the States' Attorney out of the fees of his office, as has
heretofore been practiced.
Sec. 9. No person shall be eligible to the office of
State's Attorney who has not been admitted to practice
law in this State, and who has not resided for at least one
year in the county or city in which he may be elected.
Sec. 10. The State's Attorney in each county and the
city of Baltimore shall have authority to collect and give
receipt in the name of the State for such sums of money
as may be collected by him, and forthwith make return
of and pay over the same to the proper accounting officer;
and the State's Attorney of each county and the city of
Baltimore, before he shall enter on the discharge of his
duties, shall execute a bond to the State of Maryland for
the faithful performance of his duties, in the penalty of
ten thousand dollars, with two or more securities, to be
approved by the judge of the court having criminal juris-
diction in said counties or city.
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