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services an annual salary of three thousand dollars; but he shall not be
entitled to receive any fees, perquisites or rewards whatever, in addition
to the salary aforesaid, for the performance of any official duty; nor
have power to appoint any agent, representative or deputy, under any
circumstances whatever; nor shall the Governor employ any additional
counsel in any case whatever, unless authorized by the General Assem-
bly.

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 practiced Law in this State for at least ten years.

Sec. 5. In case of vacancy in the office of Attorney-General, occa-
sioned by death, resignation, removal from the State or from office, or
other disqualification, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Governor
for the residue of the term thus made vacant.

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals
and of the Commissioner of the land Office, respectively, whenever a
case shall be brought into said court or office in which the State is a
party or has interest, immediately to notify the Attorney-General
thereof.

The State's Attorneys.

Sec. 1. 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, on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday in November, in the year eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven, and on the same day every fourth year thereafter; 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 incompetency, wilful 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 Clerks 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. The State's Attorney shall perform such duties and receive
such fees and commissions as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by
law, and 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 power to appoint one Deputy, at a salary of
not more than fifteen hundred dollars per annum, to be paid by the
State's Attorney out of the fee of his office, as has heretofore been
practised.