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The States Attorneys were dealt with as follows:

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"There shall be an Attorney for the State in

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each county, and the City of Baltimore, to be styled The

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State's Attorney,' who shall be elected by the voters

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thereof , respectively , on the Tuesday next after the first

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Monday of November, in the year, nineteen hundred and

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fifty-eight, and on the same day every fourth year thereafter;

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and shall hold his office for four years from the first

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Monday in January next ensuing his election, and until his

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successor shall be elected and qualified; and shall be

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re-eilgible thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom,

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for incompetency , willful negletct of duty, or misdemeanor

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in office, on conviction in a Court of Law, or by a vote

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of two-thirds of the Senate, on the recommendation of

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the Attorney-General."

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Also there is a provision in the old Constitution

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which does not exist in the new Constitution for the

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removal of a civil officer. It says " — and may remove

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for incompetency, or misconduct, all civil officers who

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received appointment from the executive for a term of years."

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Now, a few weeks ago I circulated a memorandum