CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [ATTORNEY GENERAL] COMPARISON

Headnotes	Present Constitution	Constitution of 1867	Constitution of 1864	Constitution of 1851	Constitution of 1776	Amendments to 1776 Constitution
Attorney Gen- eral: Qualifica- tions.	Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of At- torney General, who is not a citizen of this State, and a qualified voter therein, and has not resided and prac- ticed Law in this State for at least ten years.	Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of At- torney-General, who is not a citizen of this State, and a qualified voter therein, and has not resided and practiced Law in this State for at least ten years.	Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of At- torney General who has not resided and practiced law in this State, for at least seven years next preceding his elec- tion.
Attorney Gen- eral: Vacancy.	Sec. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney Gen- eral, 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.	Sec. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney-Gen- 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 resi- due of the term thus made vacant.	Sec. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney Gen- eral, occasioned by death, resignation, or his removal from the State, or his con- viction, as hereinbefore spe- cified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the term thus made vacant.
Attorney Gen- eral: Notifica- tion of cases in which state a party.	Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals and the Clerks of any intermediate courts of appeal and of the Commis- sioner of the Land Office, re- spectively, whenever a case shall be brought into said Courts, or office, in which the State is a party, or has interest, immediately to noti- fy the Attorney General thereof.	Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals and of the Com- missioner of the Land Office, respectively, whenever a case shall be brought into said Court, or office, in which the State is a party, or has in- terest, immediately to notify the Attorney-General there- of.	Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, and the Commis- sioner of the Land Office, respectively, whenever a case shall be brought into said Court or office, in which the State is a party, or has in- terest, immediately to notify the Attorney General there- of.	Art. V, sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the Court of Appeals, and the Commissioner of the Land Office, respectively, when- ever a case shall be brought into said court or office, in which the State is a party, or has an interest, immedi- ately to notify the Governor thereof.
State's Attor- neys: Election; term; removal.	The State's Attorneys. Sec. 7. There shall be an Attorney for the State in each county, and the City of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's Attorney," who shall be elected by the voters thereof, respectively, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, in the year, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and on the same day every fourth year there- after; and shall hold his of- fice for four years from the first Monday in January next ensuing his election, and un- til his successor shall be elec- ted and qualified; and shall	The State's Attorneys. Sec. 7. There shall be an Attorney for the State in each county, and the city of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's Attorney," who shall be elected by the voters thereof, respectively, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on 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 un- til his successor shall be elec- ted and qualified; and shall	The State's Attorneys. Sec. 7. There shall be an Attorney for the State in each county and the city of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's Attorney," who shall be elected by the voters thereof, respectively, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on 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 un- til his successor shall be elec- ted and qualified, and shall	ARTICLE V. THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS. Section 1. There shall be an attorney for the State in each county and the city of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's Attorney," who shall be elected by the voters thereof, respectively, on the first Wednesday of Novem- ber next, and on the same day every fourth year there- after, and hold his office for four years from the first Monday of January next en- suing his election, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and shall be
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