case may be. shall appoint a person to serve as Constable
for the residue of the term.

Part VII—Sheriffs.

SEC. 44. There shall be elected in each county and in
Baltimore City in the year 1946 and in every fourth year
thereafter, one person, resident in said county, or city,
above the age of twenty-five years and at least five years
preceding his election, a citizen of the State, to the office of
Sheriff. He shall hold office for four years, and until his
successor is duly elected and qualified; shall give such bond,
exercise such powers and perform such duties as now are
or may hereafter be fixed by law.

In case of vacancy by death, resignation, refusal to serve,
or neglect to qualify, or give bond, or by disqualification or
removal from the County or City, the Governor shall ap-
point a person to be Sheriff for the remainder of the official
term.

The Sheriff in each county and in Baltimore City shall
receive such salary or compensation and such expenses nec-
essary to the conduct of his office as may be fixed by law.
All fees collected by the Sheriff shall be accounted for and
paid to the Treasury of the several counties and of Balti-
more City, respectively.(1)

SEC. 45. Coroners, Elisors, and Notaries Public may be
appointed for each county, and the city of Baltimore, in the
manner, for the purpose, and with the powers now fixed, or
which may hereafter be prescribed by Law.

ARTICLE V.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND STATE'S ATTORNEY.
Attorney-General.

SEC. 1. There shall be an Attorney-General elected by
the qualified voters of the State, on general ticket, on the
Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of No-
vember, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same
day, in every fourth year thereafter,(2) who shall hold his
office for four years from the time of his election and qual-
ification, and until his successor is elected and qualified,

(1) Amended by Chapter 786, Acts of 1945, ratified November 5, 1946; amended
by Chapter 55, Acts of 1953, ratified November 2, 1954.
(2) Modified by Article XVII, Section 8.