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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, as the General Assembly or
the Governor, acting according to law, shall direct to be com-
menced, prosecuted, or defended, and he shall receive for his
services an annual salary of————thousand dollars; but he
shall not be entitled to receive any fees, perquisites, or re-
wards, whatever, in addition to the salary aforesaid, for the
performance of any official duty, nor have power to appoint
any agent, representative, or deputy, under any circumstances
whatever.

Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney
General, who has not been admitted to practice the law in
the State, and who has not practiced the law for————years,
and who has not resided, for at least————years in the State,

Sec. 5 In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney General,
or of his removal from the State, or on his conviction as here-
in before specified the said vacancy shall be filled by the
Governor until the election and qualification of his successor,
at which election said vacancy shall be filled by the voters of
the State for the residue of the term thus made vacant.

THE STATE'S ATTORNEY.

Section 1. There shall be an Attorney for the State in each
county and the city of Baltimore, to bo styled "The State's
Attorney, " who shall be elected by the voters thereof, respec-
tively, on the ————, and on the same day every fourth year
thereafter, and hold his office for four years from the ————
next ensuing his election, and until his successor shall bo
elected and qualified, and shall be re-eligible thereto, and be
subject to removal therefrom for incompetency, willful neglect
of duty or misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of
Law.

Sec. 2. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be cer-
tified to, and returns made thereof, by the Clerks of the said
counties and city to the Judges thereof having criminal juris-
diction, respectively, whoso duty it shall bo to decide upon
the elections and qualifications of the persons returned, and
in case of a tie between two or more persons, to designate
which of said persons shall qualify as State's Attorney, and
to administer the oaths of office to the persons elected.

Sec. 3. The State's Attorney shall perform such duties,
and receive such fees and commissions as are now prescribed
by law, and such other duties, fees and commissions as may
hereafter be proscribed by law, and if any State's Attorney
shall receive any other fee or reward than such as is, or may