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Mr. Miller submitted the following amendment:

Soc. 24, line four, strike out the word "may, " and insert
the words "are now or may hereafter; "

Decided in the affirmative.

The report was then ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading.

Mr. Smith, of Carroll, from the Committee on State's At-
torneys, submitted the following

REPORT:

The Committee on State's Attorneys, beg leave respect-
fully to make the following report:

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", ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Section 1. There shall be an Attorney General, elected by
the people of the State on general ticket on the————of-——
next, and on the same day every year thereafter, who shall
hold his office for———years from the 1st Monday of Janu-
ary next ensuing his election, and until his successor shall be
elected and qualified, and shall be re-eligible thereto, and
shall be subject to removal therefrom for incompetency, will-
ful 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 upon the elections and qualifica-
tions 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 election and qualification, and 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 Assem-
bly, or either branch thereof, the Governor, Comptroller, the
the Treasurer or any State's Attorney on any matter or sub-
ject depending before them, and when required by the Gov-
ernor or the General Assembly, he shall aid any State's
Attorney in prosecuting any suit, or action brought by the