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408 MARYLAND MANUAL. 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. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals and of the Commissioner of the Land Office, re spectively, whenever a case shall be brought into said court or office, in which the State is a party or has interest, imme diately to notify the Attorney-General thereof. The State’s Attorney. 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, re spectively, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in No vember, 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 until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and shall be re-eligible thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom for incompetency, willful neglect 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. 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 judge thereof having criminal jurisdiction, respectively, whose duty it shall be to decide upon the elections and qualifications of the persons re turned; and in case of a tie between two or more persons, to designate which of said persons shall qualify as State’s At torney, and to administer the oath of office to the person elected. SEC. 9. The State’s Attorney shall perform such duties and receive such fees and commissions or salary, not exceed ing three thousand dollars, 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 allowed by law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be removed from office; provided, that the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City shall have the power to appoint a Deputy and such other Assistants as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City may authorize or approve and until otherwise provided by the General Assembly, the said State’s Attorney, Deputy and Assistants shall receive the following annual salaries: State’s Attorney, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Deputy State’s Attorney, five thousand dollars; Assistant |
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