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658 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 5, Sec. 8]
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. 1 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 re- ward 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 pow- er 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 ex- penses for conducting the office of the State's Attorney as the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City may authorize or approve shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to the extent that the total of them exceeds the fees of his office, or as the General Assembly shall other- wise provide, and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall not be liable for appearance fees to the State's Attorney. SEC. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of State's Attorney, who has not been admitted to practice Law in this State, and who has not resided, for at least two years, in the county, or city, in which he may be elected. "SEC. II. In case of a vacancy in the office of State's Attorney, or of his removal from the county or city in which he shall have been elected, or on his conviction as herein 1Thus amended by Chapter 490, Acts of 1943, ratified November 7, 1944. «2 Thus amended by Chapter 14, Acts of 1959, ratified November 8. 1960. |
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