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 subject depending before them or
either of them; and when required by the Governor or Gen-
eral Assembly he shall aid any State's Attorney in prosecut-
ing any suit or action brought by the State in any Court
of the State, and he shall commence and prosecute or de-
fend 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, prose-
cuted 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 sal-
ary 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 employ any additional counsel in any
case whatever, unless authorized by the General Assembly. 1.

SEC. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Attor-
ney-General who is not a citizen of this State, and a quali-
fied 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 vacan-
cy 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-.

1 Thus amended by Chapter 663, Acts of 1912. ratified by the people Novem-
ber 4, 1918..