[Art. 4, Sec. 45] MARYLAND MANUAL 527
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.
2 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, nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and on the same
day, in every fourth year thereafter, 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,
and shall be re-eligible thereto, and shall be subject to re-
moval for incompetency, willful neglect of duty or misde-
meanor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law.
SEC. 2. All elections for Attorney-General shall be certi-
fied to, and returns made thereof by the Clerks of the Cir-
cuit Courts for the several counties, and the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Baltimore City, to the Governor of the
State, whose duty it shall be to decide on the election and
qualification of the person returned; and in case of a tie
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, the Treasurer or any State's Attorney,
1 Amended by Chapter 786, Acts of 1945. ratified November 5, 1946. amended
by Chapter 55, Acts of IS53, ratified November 2. 1954.
2 Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6. 1956.
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