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cuit Courts for the several counties, and the Clerk of the
Superior ;Court of Baltimore City, to the Governor of the
State, whose 'duty it shall be to decide on the election and
qualification, of the person returned; and in case of a tie
between two or, more persons to designate which of said per-
sons shall qualify :as Attorney-General, and to administer
the oath of office to the person elected.
SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to
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 give his opinion: in writing whenever required by the
General Assembly or either branch thereof, the Governor,
the Comptroller of the Treasury, 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 Gen-
eral Assembly he shall aid any State's Attorney in prose-
cuting any suit or action brought by the State in any Court
of the .State, and he shall commence and prosecute or de-
fend any suit or action in any of said courts, on the part of
the State, which the General Assembly or the Governor, act-
ing according to law, .shall direct to be commenced, prose-
cuted or defended, and he shall have and perform such
other duties and shall appoint such number of deputies or
assistants as the General Assembly may from time to time
by law prescribe; and he shall receive for his services an
annual salary of three thousand dollars, or such annual
salary as the General Assembly may from time to time by
law prescribe; but he shall not be entitled to receive any
fees, perquisites or rewards whatever in addition to the sal-
ary aforesaid for the performance of any official duty; nor
shall the Governor employ any additional counsel in any
case whatever, unless authorized by the General Assembly. *
Sac. i. No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney-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.
SEC. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney-General,
occasioned by death, resignation, removal from the
State or from office, or other disqualification, the said va-
cancy shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the
term thus made vacant. '
* Thus amended by Chapter 663, Acts of 1912, ratified by the people
November 4,1918.
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