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ARTICLE V.
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STATE'S ATTORNEYS.
Attorney General.
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SEC. 1. There snail be an Attorney General elected by the |
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qualified voters of the State, on general ticket, on the Tues-
day next after the first Monday in the month of November,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same day in |
Election. |
every fourth year thereafter, who shall hold his office for four
years from the time of his election and qualification, and
until his successor is elected and qualified, and shall be re-
eligible thereto, and shall be subject to removal for incom-
petency, wilful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, on
conviction in a court of law.
Groome v. Gwinn, 43 Md., 572. Parker v. State, 99 Md., 189.
SEC. 2. All elections for Attorney General shall be certi- |
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fied to, and returns made thereof by the Clerks of the Cir-
cuit 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 per-
sons shall qualify as Attorney General, and to administer
the oath of office to the person elected.
Groome v. Gwinn, 43 Md., 572.
SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to |
Returns of
election. |
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 |
Duties. |
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 Gov-
ernor, acting according to law, shall direct to be commenced,
prosecuted or defended; and he shall receive for his services |
Opinions. |
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