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746 MARYLAND MANUAL [Art. 5 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 from 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. 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. Attorn ey-Gen eral. 1 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 I Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified November 6, 1966. |
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