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MARYLAND MANUAL. [ART. V

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.

Groome v. Gwinn, 43 Md. 572.

Duties.

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 qualifi-
cation, 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

Opinions.

be interested; and he shall give his opinion in writing
whenever required by the General Assembly, or either
branch thereof, the Governor, the Comptroller, 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 ser-

Salary.

vices an annual salary of three thousand dollars; but he
shall not be entitled to receive any fees, perquisites or
rewards whatever, in addition to the salary aforesaid,
for the performance of any official duty; nor have power
to appoint any agent, representative or deputy, under
any circumstances whatever; nor shall the Governor
employ any additional counsel in any case whatever,
unless authorized by the General Assembly.

Mayor, &c., of Balto, v. Gill, 31 Md. 375.

Qualifications.

Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of
Attorney-General, who is not a citizen of this State, and
a qualified voter therein, and has not resided and prac-
ticed Law in this State for at least ten years.

Groome v. Gwinn, 43 Md. 572.

Vacancy.

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.