CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [ATTORNEY GENERAL] COMPARISON

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	be re-eligible thereto, and be subject to removal there- from, for incompetency, will- ful neglect of duty, or mis- demeanor in office, on con- viction in a Court of Law, or by a vote of two-thirds of the Senate, on the recom- mendation of the Attorney General.	be re-eligible thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom, for incompetency, wilful neg- lect 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 recommendation of the Attorney-General.	be re-eligible thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom for incompetency, willful neglect of duty or misde- meanor in office, on convic- tion in a court of law.	re-eligible thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom for incompetency, wilful neg- lect of duty or misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a court of law.
State's Attor- ney: Election; oath of office.	Sec. 8. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be certified to, and Returns made thereof, by the Clerks of the said counties and city, to the Judges thereof, having criminal jurisdiction, respec- tively, whose duty it shall be to decide upon the elections and qualifications of the Per- sons 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 administer the oaths of office to the Person elected.	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 Judges thereof, having crim- inal jurisdiction, 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 Per- sons, to designate which of said Persons shall qualify as State's Attorney, and to ad- minister the oaths of office to the Person elected.	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 Judges thereof having criminal jurisdiction, respec- tively, whose duty it shall be to decide upon the elec- tions 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 administer the oaths of office to the persons elec- ted.	Sec. 2. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be cer- tiiiied to, and returns made thereof, by the clerks of the said counties and city to the Judges thereof having crim- inal jurisdiction, respectively, whose duty it shall be to de- cide 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 administer the oaths of office to the persons elected.
State's Attor- ney: Duties; salary; removal. Deputy and Assistants: Appointment, salary.	Sec. 9. The State's Attor- ney shall perform such duties and receive such salary as shall 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; pro- vided, that the State's At- torney for Baltimore City shall have the power to ap- point a Deputy and such other Assistants as the Su- preme Bench of Baltimore City may authorize or ap- prove and until otherwise provided by the General As- sembly, the said State's At- torney, Deputy and Assist- ants shall receive the follow- ing annual salaries: State's Attorney, seven thousand five	Sec. 9. The State's Attor- ney 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 al- lowed by Law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be re- moved from office; provided, that the State's Attorney for Baltimore City shall have power to appoint one Dep- uty, 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 heretofore been practiced.	Sec. 9. The State's Attor- ney shall perform such duties and receive such fees and commissions as are now or may hereafter be pre- scribed by law, and if any State's Attorney shall receive any other fee or reward than such as is, or may be al- lowed by law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be re- moved from office; provided, that the State's Attorney for Baltimore city shall have power to appoint one Dep- uty, 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 heretofore been practiced.	Sec. 3. The State's Attor- ney shall perform such duties and receive such fees and commissions as are now pre- scribed by law for the Attor- ney General and his Depu- ties, and such other duties, fees and commissions as may hereafter be prescribed by law, and if any State's At- torney shall receive any other fee or reward than such as is, or may be al- lowed by law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be re- moved from office.
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