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Maryland. With complex governmental affairs, it is im-
perative that certain phases of governmental action be
separate and free from partisan control and executive
domination.
Law is a phase of government which is readily
separable. The establishment of this function as a
separate office of government recognizes the need for a
specialized and nonpartisaned control of the growth of
our civil law.
'If the office of the attorney general is con-
trolled to any extent by the executive branch, or used to
serve partisan ends, the basic notion of separation of
f
powers is violated.
For example, the opinions of the attorney general
n are actually statements of the law; and if not altered
at the next session of the legislature, they are construed
by the Court of Appeals has having been approved by the
legislature.
Then too, the attorney general is the only
permitted legal adviser to the governor, many State depart-
ments, and many important local agencies. With such a