DEPARTMENT OF LAW 1385

An. Code, 1924, sec. 5. 1912, 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, 1924, sec. 6. 1912, 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
be equipped, maintained and supplied at the expense of the State, and the
Attorney General and his assistants shall be allowed for all traveling and
other expenses connected with the duties of the Department.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 7. 1912, sec. 7. 1916, ch. 560.

7. The State Librarian is authorized and directed to furnish the De-
partment of Law, upon the request of the Attorney General, one or more
sets of the Maryland Reports, and copies of the additional reports as issued,
one or more sets of the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, and
copies of the additional Acts as issued, and sets of the several Codes con-
taining the public general and local laws of Maryland, and supplements
thereto as issued, and also from time to time such other law books, or sets
thereof, now or hereafter in the State Library, as the Attorney General
may 'desire for his Department, and as, in the judgment of the State Libra-
rian, are available for that purpose; the title to all of said books to remain
in the State of Maryland.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 8. 1912, sec. 8. 1916, ch. 560.

8. The Attorney General shall, on the first day of January, in each
year, make a written report to the Governor of the business and proceedings
of the Department of Law during the preceding calendar year, together
with an itemized statement of his receipts and disbursements during the
preceding fiscal year, and such recommendations, if any, as he may consider
appropriate to make. Such annual report, together with the opinions ren-
dered by the Attorney General or his Department during the preceding
calendar year, shall be published annually in bound volumes.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 9. 1912, sec. 9 1916, ch. 560.

9. The Attorney General, upon written request to the Governor ap-
proved in writing by the Governor, may from time to time, employ such
additional assistant counsel as, in his judgment, may be necessary, in con-