HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1155

appoint six assistants, one of whom he shall designate and
who shall be known as Deputy Attorney General, two of whom
shall be known as Assistant Attorneys General, one of whom
shall be known as Special Assistant Attorney General for
the Comptroller of the Treasury, one of whom shall be known
as Special Assistant Attorney General of the State Roads
Commission, and the other of whom shall be known as Spe-
cial Attorney for the State Accident Fund. The Attorney
General is also authorized to appoint such additional assist-
ants, special attorneys and law clerks as may from time to
time be authorized in the Budget. The Deputy Attorney Gen-
eral, the Assistant Attorneys General, the Special Assistant
Attorney General for the Comptroller of the Treasury, the
Special Assistant Attorney General for the State Roads Com-
mission, the Special Attorney for the State Accident Fund,
and all other Assistant Attorneys General and special attor-
neys shall be practicing lawyers of the State of Maryland
in good standing, each of whom shall hold his respective office
during the pleasure of the Attorney General. The Deputy
Attorney General shall receive an annual salary of six thou-
sand dollars ($6, 000); the Assistant Attorneys General shall
each receive an annual salary of fifty-five hundred dollars
($5, 500); the Special Assistant Attorney General for the
Comptroller of the Treasury shall receive an annual salary of
fifty-five hundred dollars ($5, 500); the Special Assistant At-
torney General for the State Roads Commission shall receive
an annual salary of five thousand dollars ($5, 000), and the
Special Attorney for the State Accident Fund shall receive an
annual salary of four thousand dollars ($4, 000). All of the
salaries above provided shall be payable monthly. The salary
of the Special Assistant Attorney General for the Comptroller
of the Treasury shall be paid by the Comptroller of the Treas-
ury, out of funds available to him for administration of the
collection of taxes. The salary of the Special Assistant At-
torney General for the State Roads Commission shall be paid
by the State Roads Commission and the salary of the Special
Attorney for the State Accident Fund shall be paid by the
State Accident Fund, as provided by the Budget Bill. The
Deputy Attorney General and the Assistant Attorneys Gen-
eral and the law clerks 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. The
Special Assistant Attorney General for the Comptroller of
the Treasury, the Special Assistant Attorney General for the
State Roads Commission and the Special Attorney for the