688/Maryland Manual
The Sheriff in each county and in Baltimore City
shall receive such salary or compensation and such ex-
penses necessary 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 Baltimore City, respectively.
SEC. 45.142 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
ATTORNEYS.
Attorney-General.
SEC. I.143 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 November, nineteen hundred and fifty-
eight, and on the same day, in every fourth year there-
after, who shall hold his office for four years from the
time of his election and qualification, and until his suc-
cessor is elected and qualified, and shall be re-eligible
thereto, and shall be subject to removal for incompeten-
cy, willful neglect of duty or misdemeanor in office, on
conviction in a Court of Law.
SEC. 2. All elections for Attorney-General shall be
certified to, and returns made thereof by the Clerks of
the Circuit 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 Attor-
ney-General, and to administer the oath of office to the
person elected.
SEC. 3.144 (a) The Attorney General shall:
(1) Prosecute and defend on the part of the State
all cases pending in the Appellate Courts of the
State, in the Supreme Court of the United States or
the inferior Federal Courts, by or against the State,
or in which the State may be interested, except those
criminal appeals otherwise prescribed by the General
Assembly.
(2) Investigate, commence, and prosecute or defend
any civil or criminal suit or action or category of
such suits or actions in any of the Federal Courts or
in any Court of this State, or before administrative
agencies and quasi legislative bodies, on the part of
the State or in which the State may be interested,
which the General Assembly by law or joint resolu-
tion, or the Governor, shall have directed or shall di-
rect to be investigated, commenced and prosecuted
or defended.
142 Thus amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified No-
vember 7, 1978.
M Thus amended by Chapter 99, Acts of 1956, ratified Novem-
ber 6, 1956.
144 Thus amended by Chapter 545, Acts of 1976, ratified No-
vember 2, 1976.
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(3) When required by the General Assembly by
law or joint resolution, or by the Governor, aid any
State's Attorney or other authorized prosecuting offi-
cer in investigating, commencing, and prosecuting
any criminal suit or action or category of such suits
or actions brought by the State in any Court of this
State.
(4) 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 on any legal matter or subject.
(b) The Attorney General shall have and perform any
other duties and possess any other powers, and appoint
the number of deputies or assistants, as the General As-
sembly from time to time may prescribe by law.
(c) The Attorney General shall receive for his services
the annual salary as the General Assembly from time to
time may prescribe by law, but he may not receive any
fees, perquisites or rewards whatever, in addition to his
salary, for the performance of any official duty.
(d) The Governor may not employ any additional
counsel, in any case whatever, unless authorized by the
General Assembly.
SEC. 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of
Attorney-General, who is not a citizen of this State, and
a qualified voter therein, and has not resided and prac-
ticed Law in this State for at least ten years.
SEC. 5.145 In case of vacancy in the office of Attor-
ney-General, occasioned by death, resignation, removal
from the State, or from office, or other disqualification,
the Governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy
for the residue of the term.
SEC. 6.14* It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the
Court of Appeals and the Clerks of any intermediate
Courts of Appeal, respectively, whenever a case shall be
brought into said Courts, in which the State is a party
or has interest, immediately to notify the Attorney-Gen-
eral thereof.
The State's Attorneys.
SEC. 7.147 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, respectively, and shall hold his office for
four years from the first Monday in January next ensu-
ing 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 conviction
in a Court of Law, or by a vote of two-thirds of the
Senate, on the recommendation of the Attorney-Gener-
al.
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, hav-
ing criminal jurisdiction, respectively, whose duty it
145 Thus amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified No-
vember 7, 1978.
'4t Thus amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified No-
vember 7, 1978.
147 Thus amended by Chapter 681, Acts of 1977, ratified No-
vember 7, 1978.
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