said Courts, in which the State is a party or has interest,
immediately to notify the Attorney General thereof

The State's Attorneys

SEC. P.¹³⁹ 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 there
of, respectively and shall hold his office for four years from
the first Monday in January next ensuing his election, and
until his successor shall be elected and qualified, and shall
be re eligible thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom,
for incompetence 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 General

SEC. 8. All elections for the State's Attorney shall be
certified to, and Returns made thereof, by the Clerics of the
said Counties and City, to the Judges thereof, having
criminal jurisdiction, respectively, whose duty it shall be to
decide upon the elections and qualifications of the Persons
returned, 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

SEC. 9.¹*⁰ The State's Attorney shall perform such
duties and receive such salary as shall be prescribed by the
General Assembly If any State's Attorney shall receive any
other fee or reward 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 power 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 Assemble 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 expenses 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 otherwise provide, and the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore shalfnot 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.¹⁶¹ 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
specified, the Judge or Judges resident in the county or, if
there be no resident Judge, the Judge or Judges having

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jurisdiction in the Circuit Court of the county in which the
vacancy occurs, or by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City
for a vacancy occurring in Baltimore City, shall appoint a
person to fill the vacancy for the residue of the term

SEC. 12.¹⁶² The State's Attorney in each County, and
the City of Baltimore, shall have authority to collect, and
give receipt, in the name of the State, for such sums of
money as may be collected by him, and forthwith mahe
return of and pay over the same to the proper accounting
officer And the State's Attorney of each county; and the
City of Baltimore, before he shall enter on the discharge of
his duties, and from nmc to time thereafter, shall give such
corporate surety bond as may hereafter be prescribed by
Act of the General Assembly

ARTICLE VI.

TREASUSTDEEIKTMENT

SECTION I.¹⁶³ There shall be a Treasury Depart
mcnt, consisting of a Comptroller chosen by the qualified
electors of the State, who shall receive such salary as may
be fixed by law, and a Treasurer, to be appointed on joint
ballot by the two Houses of the Legislature at each regular
session in which begins the term of the Governor, who shall
receive such salary as may be fixed by law The terms of
office of the Comptroller and Treasurer shall be for four
years, and until their successors shall qualify; and neither
of the officers shall be allowed, or receive any fees, corn
missions or perquisites of any kind in addition to his salary
for the performance of any duty or services whatsoever In
case of a vacancy in the office of the Comptroller by death
or otherwise, the Governor, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall fill such vacancy by appoint
mcnt, to continue until another election and until the
quabfication of the successor In case of a vacancy in the
office of the Treasurer by death or otherwise, the Deputy
Treasurer shall act as Treasurer until the next regular or
extraordinary session of the Legislature following the crea
Uon of the vacancy, whereupon the Legislature shall choose
a successor to serve for the duration of the uncxpired term
of office The Comptroller and the Treasurer shall keep their
offices at the scat of government, and shall take such oaths
and enter into such bonds for the faithful discharge of their
duties as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law

SEC. 2.¹⁶⁴ The Comptroller shall have the general
superintendence of the fiscal affairs of the State, he shall
digest and prepare plans for the improvement and manage
ment of the revenue, and for the support of the public
credit, prepare and report estimates of the revenue and
expenditures of the State, superintend and enforce the
prompt collection of all taxes and revenues, adjust and
settle, on terms prescribed by law, with delinquent collec
tors and receivers of taxes and State revenue, preserve all
public accounts, and decide on the forms of keeping and
stating accounts He, or such of his deputies as may be
authorized to do so by the Legislature, shall grant, under
regulations prescribed by Law, all warrants for money to