538 CONSTITUTION—ART. V.

ARTICLE LVIII

ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND STATE'S ATTORNEYS.
CONSTITUTION—ARTICLE V.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL,

1 Election, term, removal 2 Returns to be made to governor; case of tie 3 Duties, opinions to be given when re- quired , to prosecute suits , salary , per-

quisites not allowed , additional counsel not to be employed. 4. Qualifications. 5 Vacancy. 6. Attorney-general to be notified of State cases.

THE STATE'S ATTOHUEYS.

7 Election, term, removal. 10 Qualifications.

8 Returns to be made to criminal judges, 11 Vacancy.

case of tic. 12. To collect money for the State, bond

9 Fees, deputy in Baltimore city.

STATUTES.

THE STATE'S ATTORNEYS.

1 Duties of State's attorney, compensation 5 Additional compensation by county com-

2 Executions for fines, penalties, etc missioners

3. Compromise of assault and battery cases, 6 Appointee in place of State's attorney,

costs, proviso compensation.
4 Adjustment of accounts of clerks, registers, 7 Fees of State's attorneys.

and sheriffs, commission.

	ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
Election 43 Md 573	SECTION 1 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, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and on the same day,
Term, four years.	in every fourth year thereafter, who shall hold his office for four years from the time of his election and qualification, and until his successor is elected and quali-
Removal.	fied, and shall be re-eligible thereto, and shall be subject to removal for incom- petency, wilful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a court of law.
Returns to be made to governor.	SEC. 2. All elections for attorney-general shall be certified to, and returns made thereof, by the clerks of the Circuit Courts of 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
Case of tie.	returned; and, in case of a tie between two or more persons, to designate which of said persons shall qualify as attorney-general, and to administer the oath of office to the person elected.
Duties 31 Md 375.	SEC. 3 It shall be the duty of the attorney-general to prosecute and defend on the part of the State, all cases which, at the time of his appointment and qualification, and which thereafter may be depending in the Court of Appeals, or in the Supreme Court of the United States, by or against the State, or
Opinions to be given when required.	wherein the State may be interested; and he shall give his opinion in writing whenever required by the General Assembly, or either branch thereof, the gov- ernor, the comptroller, the treasurer, or any State's attorney, on any legal mat-