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in the City, or County, for which they may be elected. They shall
have all the powers now vested in the Orphans' Courts of the State,
subject to such changes as the Legislature may prescribe. Each of
said Judges shall be paid a per diem for the time they are actually in
session, to be regulated by law, and to be paid by the said City, or
Counties respectively. In case of a vacancy in the office of Judge
of the Orphans' Court, the Governor shall appoint, subject to confirma-
tion, or rejection by the Senate, some suitable person to fill the same
for the residue of the term.

Sec. 41. There shall be a Register of Wills in each county of the
State, and the city of Baltimore, to be elected by the legal and qualified
voters of said counties and city, respectively, who shall hold his
office for [six] four years from the time of his election and until his
successor is elected and qualified; he shall be re-eligible, and subject
at all times to removal for willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in
office in the same manner that the Clerks of the Courts are removable.
In the event of any vacancy in the office of the Register of Wills,
said vacancy shall be filled by the Judges of the Orphans' Court, in
which such vacancy occurs, until the next general election for Dele-
gates to the General Assembly when a Register shall be elected to
serve for [six] four years thereafter.

Article 5, "Attorney-General and State's Attorney"

Sec. 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] , nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, 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 subject to removal for incompetency, willful neglect of
duty or misdemeanor in office, on conviction in a Court of Law.

Sec. 7. There shall be an Attorney for the State in each county,
and the City of Baltimore, to be styled "The State's Attorney", who
shall be elected by the voters thereof, respectively, on the Tuesday
next after the first Monday of November, in the year [eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-seven], nineteen hundred and fifty-eight, and on the
same day every fourth year thereafter; and shall hold his office for
four years from the first Monday in January next ensuing his election,
and until his successor shall be elected and qualified; and shall be re-
eligible thereto, and be subject to removal therefrom, for incompet-
ency, willful neglect of duty, or misdemeanor in office, on conviction
in a Court of Law, or by a vote of two-thirds of the Senate, on the
recommendation of the Attorney-General.

Article 7, "Sundry Officers"

Sec. 1. County Commissioners shall be elected on general ticket of
each county by the qualified voters of the several counties of the
State on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of
November, commencing in the year [eighteen hundred and ninety-
one] nineteen hundred and fifty-eight; their number in each county,
their compensation, powers and duties shall be such as now or may
be hereafter prescribed by law; they shall be elected at such times