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be allowed by law, he shall on conviction thereof, be remov-
ed from office; provided, the State's Attorneys of the several
counties, shall receive not less than —————— dollars per
annum; and provided the State's Attorney for Baltimore
city shall have the power to appoint one Deputy, at a salary
of not more than ————— dollars per annum, to be paid by
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, as city officers are
paid.

Sec 4. 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. 5. In case of a vacancy in the office of State's Attor-
ney, or of his removal from the county or city in which he
shall have been elected, or on his conviction as herein spe-
cified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Judge of the
county or city respectively, having criminal jurisdiction in
which said vacancy shall occur, until the election and qualifi-
cation of his successor, at which election said vacancy shall
be filled by the voters of the county or city, for the residue
of the term thus made vacant.

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of
Appeals, and the Commissioner of the Land Office respective-
ly, whenever a case shall be brought into said court, or of-
fice in which the State is a party, or has an interest, imme-
diately to notify the Attorney General thereof.

JNO. E. SMITH, Chairman,
JOHN L. THOMAS, JR.,
WM. DANIEL,
JAS. P. MAYHUGH,
SPRIGG HARWOOD.

Which was read the first time.
On motion of Mr. Pugh,

The Convention proceeded to the consideration of the
Report of the Committee on the Elective Franchise.

The question being on the adoption of the amendment of
Mr. Stirling to the amendment submitted by Mr. Scott to the
5th section of the report, to wit:

Strike out all after the word "that, " in first line of amend-
ment, and insert:

"That I will, to the best of my skill and judgment, dili-
gently and faithfully, without partiality or prejudice, execute