SEC. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney-
General, occasioned by death, resignation, removal from
the State or from office, or other disqualification, the said
vacancy shall be filled by the Governor 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, respect-
ively , whenever a case shall be brought into said court or
office, in which the State is a party or has interest, imme-
diately to notify the Attorney-General thereof.

The State's Attorneys.

SEC. 7. There shall be an Attorney for the State in each
County and the City of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's
Attorney," who shall be elected by the voters thereof,
respectively, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in
November, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
and on the same day every fourth year thereafter; and
shall hold his office for four years from the first Monday in
January next ensuing his election, and until his successor
shall be elected and qualified, and shall be re-eligible thereto
and be subject to removal therefrom for incompetency,
wilful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, on convic-
tion in a Court of Law, or by a vote of two-thirds of the
Senate, on the recommendation of the Attorney-General.

SEC. 8. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be
certified to and returns made thereof by the Clerks of the
said counties and cities to the Judges thereof having crimi-
nal jurisdiction, respectively, whose duty it shall be 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 per-
sons elected.

SEC. 9. The State's Attorney shall perform such duties
and receive such fees and commissions as are now or may
hereafter be prescribed by Law, and if any State's Attor-
ney shall receive any other fee or reward than such as is
or may be allowed by Law, he shall, on conviction thereof,
be removed from office; provided, that the State's Attorney
for Baltimore City shall have power to appoint one Deputy,
at a salary of not more than fifteen hundred dollars per