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Salary. |
dollars; but he shall not be entitled to receive any fees, per-
quisites or rewards whatever, in addition to the salary afore-
said, for the performance of any official duty; nor have power
to appoint any agent, representative .or deputy, under any
circumstances whatever; nor shall the Governor employ any
additional counsel in any case whatever, unless authorized by
the General Assembly.
Mayor, etc. of Balto, vs. Gill, 31 Md., 375.
SEC. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Attor- |
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Qualifications. |
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 vs. 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, respec-
tively, whenever a case shall be brought into said court or of-
fice, in which the State is a party or has interest, immediately
to notify the Attorney-General thereof.
The State's Attorney.
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 No-
vember, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on
the same day every fourth year thereafter; and shall hold his |
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Term. |
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, willful 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 recom-
mendation of the Attorney-General.
Jackson vs. State, 87 Md., 195. |
Returns of
election. |
SEC. 8. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be cer-
tified to and returns made thereof by the clerks of the said
counties and city to the judge thereof having criminal juris- |
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