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and also all other boards, commissions, departments, officers or institutions
of the State Government, except as provided in Section 10 of this Article.

An. Code, sec. 3. 1916, ch. 560.

3. It shall he unlawful for any hoard, commission, department, officer
or institution of the State Government to retain or employ or to continue
the employment of any counsel or legal adviser whatever, in connection with
the performance of their, its or his duties, or to he represented, in the per-
formance of any of the duties imposed upon them, it or him, by any counsel
or legal adviser whatever, other than the Attorney-General, or his assistants,
except as provided in Section 10 of this Article.

An. Code, sec. 4. 1916, ch. 560, sec. 4. 1918, ch. 22, sec. 4. 1922, ch. 29 (p. 53).

4. The Attorney General shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars
($5,000) per annum. He is authorized to appoint not exceeding four
assistants, who shall be known as Assistant Attorneys General, all of whom
shall be practicing lawyers of the State of Maryland in good standing, and
each of whom shall hold his respective office during the pleasure of the
Attorney General. The salary of each of the Assistant Attorneys General
shall be two thousand five hundred dollars (2500) per annum. The said
assistants shall each perform such duties as the Attorney General may,
from time to time, assign to them, and the Attorney General is hereby
authorized to assign to them and each of them the performance, subject to
his direction and control, of any of the duties required of him by law,
including the collection of all unsettled balances due the State, in place of
the attorneys provided for by Sections 37 and 38 of Article 19 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland.

An. Code, sec. 5. 1916, ch. 560, sec. 5. 1918, ch. 22, sec. 5.

5. The Attorney-General is authorized to employ such stenographers,
typewriters and other office assistants as he may require, all of whom shall
hold their respective positions during the pleasure of the Attorney-General
and be subject to his orders, and shall receive such compensation as may be
appropriated therefor. The Attorney-General shall cause the books and
papers of his department to be arranged and indexed in such convenient
and orderly manner as to be at all times readily accessible. He shall also
keep in said office a complete docket and duplicate pleadings of all suits,
actions and proceedings of which the Department of Law has charge, upon
which docket such appropriate entries shall be made as to show at all times,
the condition of each of such cases. He shall also keep on record, in con-
venient and accessible form, copies of all written opinions furnished by the
Department of Law, and also abstracts of all titles examined by or for
the Department.

An. Code, sec. 6. 1916, ch. 560.

6. The Department of Law is authorized to establish and maintain
offices and headquarters. All papers and documents relating to the business
of the Department shall be permanently filed in said offices. The offices shall