IX CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ART. 5.

Part VII. —Sheriffs.

SEC. 44. There shall be elected in each county, and in the city
of Baltimore, in every second year, one person, resident in said
-county or city, above the age of twenty-five years, and at least
five years preceding his election, a citizen of this State, to the
office of Sheriff. He shall hold his office for two years, and until
his successor is duly elected and qualified; shall be ineligible for
two years thereafter; shall give such bond, exercise such powers
. and perform such duties as now are or may hereafter be fixed by
Law. In case of a vacancy by death, resignation, refusal to serve,
or neglect to qualify, or give bond, or by disqualification, or re-
moval from the county or city, the Governor shall appoint a person
to be Sheriff for the remainder of the official term.

SEC. 45. Coroners, Elisors and Notaries Public may be appointed
for each county and the city of Baltimore in the manner, for the
purpose, and with the powers now fixed or which may hereafter
be prescribed by Law.

ARTICLE V.

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND STATE- ATTORNEYS.

Attorney General.

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, 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 qualified, and shall be re-eligible thereto, and shall be
r subject to removal for incompetency, wilful neglect of duty, or
misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law.

Groome v. Gwinn, 43 Md, 572.

SEC. 2. All elections for Attorney General shall be certified to,
and returns made thereof by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts for