manner, for the purpose, and with the powers now fixed, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by Law.

ARTICLE V.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND STATE'S ATTORNEYS.
Attorney- General.

SECTION I. There shall be an Attorney-General elected
by the qualified voters of the State, on general tickets, on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of
November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the
same day in every fourth year thereafter, who shall hold his
office for four years from the time of his election and qualifi-
cation, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and
shall be re-eligible thereto, and shall be subject to removal
for incompetency, wilful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in
office, on conviction in a court of law.

SEC. 2. All elections for Attorney-General shall be certified
to, and returns made thereof by the Clerks of the Circuit
Courts for the several Counties, and the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City, to the Governor of the State, whose
duty it shall be to decide on the election and qualification of
the person returned; and in case of a tie between two or
more persons, to designate which of said persons shall qualify
as Attorney-General, and to administer the oath of office to
the person elected.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to
prosecute and defend on the part of the State all cases, which
at the time of his appointment and qualification, and which
thereafter may be depending in the Court of Appeals, or in
the Supreme Court of the United States by or against the
State, or wherein the State may be interested; and he shall
give his opinion in writing whenever required by the General
Assembly, or either branch thereof, the Governor, the Comp-
troller, the Treasurer, or any State's Attorney, on any legal
matter, or subject depending before them, or either of them;
and when required by the Governor, or the General Assembly,
he shall aid any State's Attorney in prosecuting any suit or
action brought by the State in any Court of this State, and
he shall commence and prosecute or defend any suit or action
in any of said Courts, on the part of the State, which the
General Assembly or the Governor, acting according to law,
shall direct to be commenced, prosecuted or defended; and
he shall receive for his services an annual salary of three
thousand dollars; but he shall not be entitled to receive any