SEC. 2. All elections for Attorney-General shall be certi-
fied to, and returns made thereof by the Clerks of the Circuit
Courts for the several counties, and the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Baltimore City, to the Governor of the State, whose
duty it shall be to decide on the election and qualification of
the person returned; and in case of a tie between two or more
persons to designate which of said persons shall qualify as
Attorney-General, and to administer the oath of office to the
person elected.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to
prosecute and defend on the part of the State all cases which
at the time of his appointment and qualification and which
thereafter may be depending in the Court of Appeals, or in the
Supreme Court of the United States, by or against the State,
or wherein the State may be interested; and he shall give his
opinion in writing whenever required by the General Assembly
or either branch thereof, the Governor, the Comptroller of the
Treasury, or any State's Attorney, on any legal matter or sub-
ject depending before them or either of them; and when re-
quired by the Governor or General Assembly he shall aid any
State's Attorney in prosecuting any suit or action brought by
the State in any Court of the State, and he shall commence
and prosecute or defend any suit or action in any of said courts,
on the part of the State, which the General Assembly or the
Governor, acting according to law, shall direct to be commenced,
prosecuted or defended, and he shall have and perform such
other duties and shall appoint such number of deputies or
assistants as the General Assembly may from time to time
by law prescribe; and he shall receive for his services an annual
salary of three thousand dollars, or such annual salary as the
General Assembly may from time to time by law prescribe;
but he shall not be entitled to receive any fees, perquisites or
rewards whatever in addition to the salary aforesaid for the
performance of any official duty; nor shall the Governor em-
ploy any additional counsel in any case whatever, unless au-
thorized by the General Assembly.*

SEC. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney-
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. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney-General,
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 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, respec-