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Salary. |
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 per-
formance of any official duty; nor have power to appoint
any agent, representative or deputy, under any circum-
stances whatever; nor shall the Governor employ any addi-
tional counsel in any case whatever, unless authorized by the
General Assembly.
Mayor, etc., of Balto. v. Gill, 31 Md., 378.
SEC. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Attor- |
Qualification.
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ney General, who is not a citizen of this State, and a quali-
fied voter therein, and has not resided and practiced law in
this State for at least ten years.
Groome v. Gwinn, 43 Md., 572.
SEC. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney Gen- |
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Vacancy. |
eral, 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 of the Commissioner of the Land Office, re-
spectively, whenever a case shall be brought into said court
or office, in which the State is a party or has interest, im-
mediately to notify the Attorney General thereof.
The State's Attorneys.
SEC. 7. There shall be an Attorney for the State in each |
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Election. |
county and the city of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's
Attorney," who shall be elected by the voters thereof, re-
spectively, 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 |
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Term. |
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. |
Returns of
election. |
SEC. 8. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be cer-
tified to an returns made thereof by the clerks of the said
counties and city to the judge thereof having criminal juris- |
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