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ARTICLE V.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND STATE'S ATTORNEY.
Attorney-General.
SEC. 1. There shall he an Attorney-General elected by the
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, |
each 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 incompetency,
willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, on conviction
in a court of law.
Groome vs. Gwinn, 43 Md., 572. Parker vs. 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 Su-
perior Court of Baltimore City, to the Governor of the State,
whose duty it shall be to decide on the election and qualifica-
tion of the person returned; and in case of a tie between two
or more persons to designate which of said persons shall qual-
ify as Attorney-General, and to administer the oath of office
to the person elected.
Groome vs. 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 shall |
Duties. |
give his opinion in writing whenever required by the General
Assembly, or either branch thereof, the Governor, the Comp-
troller, 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 Gen-
eral Assembly, or the Governor, acting according to law, shall
direct to be commenced, prosecuted or defended; and he shall
receive for his services an annual salary of three thousand |
Opinions. |
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