ART. V] CONSTITUTION.

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court
of Appeals and of the Commissioner of the Land Office,
respectively, whenever a case shall be brought into said
court or office, in which the State is a party or has inter-
est, immediately to notify the Attorney-General thereof.

The State's Attorneys.

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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

Election.

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 conviction in a
Court of Law, or by a vote of two-thirds of the Senate,
on the recommendation of the Attorney-General.

Jackson v. State, 87 Md. 195.

Term.

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 city to the Judges thereof having
criminal 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 person 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
Attorney 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 annum, to be paid by the State's
Attorney out of the fees of his office, as has heretofore
been practised.

Returns of
election.