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diction, 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 adminster 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 coniction thereof, be re-
moved 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 an-
num, to be paid by the State's Attorney out of the fees of his
office, as has heretofore been practiced.
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and receive such fees and commissions or salary, not exceed-
ing three thousand dollars, 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 receive an annual salary of forty-five hundred
dollars, and shall have power to appoint one deputy, at an
annual salary, not exceeding three thousand dollars, and
such other assistants at such annual salaries not exceed-
ing fifteen hundred dollars each, as the Supreme Bench of
Baltimore city may authorize and approve; all of said
salaries to be paid out of the fees of the said State's At-
torney's office, as has heretofore been practiced.]*
SEC. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of State's |
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Attorney who has not been admitted to practice law in this
State, and who has not resided for at least two years in the
county or city in which he may be elected.
SEC. 11. In case of vacancy in the office of State's At- |
Qualifications. |
torney, or of his removal from the county or city in which
he shall have been elected, or on his conviction as herein
specified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the judge of the
county or city, respectively, having criminal jurisdiction, in
which said vacancy shall occur, for the residue of the term
thus made vacant.
Jackson v. State, 87 Md., 195.
SEC. 12. The State's Attorney in each county and the city |
Vacancy. |
of Baltimore shall have authority to collect, and give re-
*Thus amended by Act of 1900, Chapter 185, ratified by the people at the
November election, 1901. |
Duties. |
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