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
	hundred dollars; Deputy State's Attorney, five thou- sand dollars; Assistant State's Attorneys, four thousand dol- lars each; said salaries, or such salaries as the General Assembly may subsequently provide, and such expenses for conducting the office of the State's Attorney as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City may authorize or ap- prove shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to the extent that the total of them exceeds the fees of his office, or as the General Assembly shall oth- erwise provide, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall not be liable for appearance fees to the State's Attorney.
State's Attor- ney: Qualifica- tions.	Sec. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of State's Attorney, who has not been admitted to practice Law in this State, and who has not resided, for at least two years, in the county, or city, in which he may be elected.	Sec. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of State's Attorney, who has not been admitted to practice Law in this State, and who has not resided, for at least two years, in the county, or city, in which he may be elected.	Sec. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of State's Attorney who has not been admitted to practice law in this State, and who has not resided for at least one year in the county or city in which he may be elected.	Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of State's Attorney who has not been admitted to practice the law in this State, and who has not resided for at least one year in the county or city in which he may be elected.
State's Attor- ney: Vacancy.	Sec. 11. In case of a va- cancy in the office of State's Attorney, or, of his removal from the county, or city in which he shall have been elected, or on his conviction as herein specified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Judge or Judges resident in the county or, if there be no resident Judge, the Judge or Judges having jurisdiction in the Circuit Court of the county in which the vacancy occurs, or by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City for a vacancy occurring in Bal- timore City, for the residue of the term thus made va- cant.	Sec. 11. In case of vacancy in the office of State's At- torney, or, of his removal from the county, or city, in which he shall have been elected, or, on his convic- tion, as herein specified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Judge of the county, or city, respectively, having criminal jurisdiction, in which said vacancy shall oc- cur, for the residue of the term thus made vacant.	Sec. 11. In case of vacancy in the office of State's Attor- ney, or of his removal from the county or city in which he shall have been elected, or on his conviction as here- in specified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Judge of the county or city, re- spectively, having criminal jurisdiction in which said vacancy shall occur, for the residue of the term thus made vacant.	Sec. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of State's At- torney, or of his removal from the county or city in which he shall have been elected, or on his conviction as herein before specified, the jsaid vacancy shall be filled by the Judge of the county or city, respectively, having criminal jurisdiction in which said vacancy shall occur, until the election and qualification of his successor; at which election said vacan- cy shall be filled by the vot- ers of the said county or city, for the residue of the term thus made vacant.
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