SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of
Appeals and of the Commissioner of the Land Office, respec-
tively, whenever a case shall be brought into said court or
office, in which the State is a party or has interest, immediately
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
November, 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, 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 returned;
and in case of a tie between two or more persons, to desig-
nate which of said persons shall qualify as State's Attorney,
and to administer the oath of office to the person elected.

*SEC. 9. The State's Attorney shall perform such duties and
receive such salary as shall 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
expenses for conducting the office of the State's Attorney as
the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City may authorize or approve

* Amended by Chapter 490 of the Acts of 1948, and ratified by the people at the November
election, 1944.