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 va-
cancy 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-
tively, 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 Attorneys.

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 of
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,
willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office, on con-
viction 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 Judges thereof, having crimi-
nal jurisdiction, respectively, whose duty it shall be to de-
cide 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
Attorney, and to administer the oaths of office to the Person
elected.

1SEC. 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 re-

1 Thus amended by Chapter 490, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944.