CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	CONSTITUTION OF 1867	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
	Sec. 2. All elections for Attorney Gen-
	eral shall be certified to, and returns made
	thereof by the Clerks of the Circuit Courts
	for 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 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.
	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 and the intermediate
	courts of appeal, or in the Supreme Court
	of the United States, by or against the
	State, or wherein the State may be inter-
	ested; 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 Governor
	or 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 Gover-
	nor, acting according to law, shall direct to
	be commenced, prosecuted or defended, and
	he shall have and perform such other duties
	and shall appoint such number of deputies
	or assistants as the General Assembly may
	from time to time by law prescribe: And he
	shall receive for his service an annual salary
	of three thousand dollars, or such annual
	salary as the General Assembly may from
	time to time by law prescribe: but he shall
	not be entitled to receive any fees, per-
	quisites or rewards whatever, in addition
	to the salary aforesaid, for the performance
	of any official duty; nor shall the Governor
	employ any additional Counsel, in any Case
	whatever, unless authorized by the General
	Assembly.
	Sec. 4. No person shall be eligible to the	See Section 4.18, Qualifications, p. 77.
	office of Attorney General, who is not a
	citizen of this State, and a qualified voter
	therein, and has not resided and practiced
	Law in this State for at least ten years.

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