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such number of Constables for the several election districts of
the counties and wards of the City of Baltimore, as are now
or may hereafter be prescribed by law, and Justices of the
Peace and Constables so appointed, shall be subject to removal
by the Judge having criminal jurisdiction in the county or
city, for incompetency, willful neglect of duty, or misdemea-
nor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law. The Justices
of the Peace and Constables so appointed and commissioned,
shall be conservators of the peace, shall hold their office for
two years, and shall have such jurisdiction, duties and com-
pensation, subject to such right of appeal in all cases, from
the judgment of Justices of the Peace, as hath been heretofore
exercised, or shall be hereafter prescribed by law.

Sec. 48. In the event of a vacancy in the office of a Justice
of the Peace, the Governor shall appoint a person to serve as
Justice of the Peace for the residue of the term; and in case of
a vacancy in the office of Constable, the County Commission-
ers of the county in which the vacancy occurs, or the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore, as the case may be, shall
appoint a person to serve as Constable for the residue of the
term.

PART VII.

Sheriffs, &c.

Sec. 49. There shall be elected in each county and the city
of Baltimore, in ever}7 second year, one person resident in said
county or city, above the age of twenty-five years, and at least
five years preceding his election a citizen of this State, to the
office of Sheriff. He shall hold his office for two years and
until his successor is duly elected and qualified; shall be in-
eligible for two years thereafter; shall give such bond, exer-
cise such powers and perform such duties as now are, or may
hereafter be fixed by law. In case of a vacancy by death,
refusal to serve, or neglect to qualify, or give bond, by dis-
qualification, or removal from the county, or city, the Gover-
nor shall appoint a person to be Sheriff for the remainder of
the official term.

Sec. 50. Coroners, Elisors and Notaries Public, may be
appointed for each county and the city of Baltimore, in the
manner, for the purposes, and with the powers now fixed, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by law.

ARTICLE V.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.

SECTION 1. There shall be an Attorney General elected by
the qualified voters of the State, on general ticket, on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of Novem-