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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
county and the city of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's |
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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 |
Election. |
the same day every fourth year thereafter; and shall hold 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, 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.
SEC. 8. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be cer- |
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tified to and returns made thereof by the clerks of the said
counties and city to the judge thereof having criminal juris-
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 ad-
minister the oath 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 conviction thereof, be removed
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 annum, to be paid by
the State's Attorney out of the fees of his office, as has here-
tofore been practiced.
[SEC. 9. The State's Attorney shall perform such duties |
Returns of
election. |
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 |
Fees. |
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