518 MARYLAND MANUAL
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 otherwise provide, and the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shall not be liable for appearance fees to
the State's Attorney.*
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. II. In case of vacancy 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 of the county or city,
respectively, having criminal jurisdiction, in which said
vacancy shall occur, for the residue of the term thus made
vacant.
SEC. 12. The State's Attorney in each county and the
City of Baltimore shall have authority to collect, and give
receipt, in the name of the State, for such sums of money as
may be collected by him, and forthwith make return of and
pay over the same to the proper accounting officer. And the
State's Attorney of each county and the City of Baltimore,
before he shall enter on the discharge of his duties, shall execute
a bond to the State of Maryland, for the faithful performance
of his duties, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, with two
or more sureties, to be approved by the judge of the court
having criminal jurisdiction in said counties or city.
ARTICLE VI.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. There shall be a Treasury Department, con-
sisting of a Comptroller, chosen by the qualified electors of
the State, at each general election at which the Governor is
chosen, who shall receive such salary as may be fixed by law;
and a Treasurer, to be appointed by the two Houses of the
Legislature, at each regular session thereof, in which begins
the term of Governor, on joint ballot, who shall receive an
annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; and the
terms of office of the said Comptroller and Treasurer shall
be for four years, and until their successors shall qualify;
and neither of the said officers shall be allowed, or receive any
fees, commissions or perquisites of any kind in addition to his
* Thus amended by Chapter 177. Acts of 1924, ratified by the people November 4th, 1924.
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