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be elected in said City of Baltimore, one person who shall
be a resident of said city, above the age of twenty-five years,
and ....who shall have been at least five years preceding his
election a citizen of this State to the office of Sheriff.
He shall hold his office for four years, and until his suc-
cessor is duly elected and qualified; shall be eligible for re....
election; shall give such bond, exercise such powers and
perform such duties as now are or may hereafter be fixed by
law. The Sheriff elected in and for the City of Baltimore
in November, 1913, shall be eligible for re-election.
In case of vacancy by death, resignation, refusal to serve,
or neglect to qualify, or give bond, or by disqualification or
removal from said city, the Governor shall appoint a. person
to be Sheriff for the remainder of the official term. The
Sheriff hereafter elected and the Sheriff elected in and for
the City of Baltimore on the 7th day of November, 1913,
shall from the date of his qualification receive such salary
as may be fixed by law, not to exceed six thousand dollars
per year in any case, and such expenses necessary to the
conduct of his office, as may be fixed by law, such salaries
and expenses to be paid in such manner and at 'such times
as may be prescribed by law.*
SEC. 45. Coroners, Elisors and Notaries Public may be
appointed for each county and the city of Baltimore in the
manner, for the purpose and with the powers now fixed, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by law.
ARTICLE V.
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND STATE'S ATTORNEY.
Attorney-General.
SEC. 1. There shall be an Attorney-General elected by
the qualified voters of the State, on general ticket, on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of No-
vember, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same
day in each fourth year thereafter, who shall hold his office
for four years from the time of his election and qualifica-
tion, 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.
SEC. 2. All elections for Attorney-General shall be certi-
fied to, and returns made thereof by the Clerks of the Cir-....
* Thug amended by Chapter 845, 1914, ratified November, 1914.
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