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 bis election, and until his successor shall be
elected and qualified, and shall be re-eligible thereto, and be
subject to removal therefrom for incompetency, wilful
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
State's Attorneys, four thousand dollars each; said salaries,
or such salaries as the General Assembly may subsequently
provide, and such expense for conducting the office of the
State's Attorney as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City