ART. 5. ] ATTORNEY GENERAL. lxi
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 re-
turned; 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.
Groome « Gwinn, 43 Md 572.
SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to prose-
cute 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 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 Governor, the Comptroller, the Treasurer, or
any State's Attorney, on any legal matter, or subject depending
before them, or either of them; and when required by the Gover-
nor, or the General Assembly, he shall aid any State's Attorney
in prosecuting any suit or action brought by the State in any
Court of this State; and he shall commence and prosecute, or
defend, any suit or action in any of said Courts, on the part of
the State, which the General Assembly, or the Governor, acting
'according to Law, shall direct to be commenced, prosecuted or
defended; and he shall receive for his 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 Assembly.
Mayor &c. of Balto e Gill, 31 Md 376.
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 practised Law in this State for
at least ten years.
Groome v. Gwinn, 43 Md. 572
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