Art. 6.] State of Maryland. 59

shall receive any other fee or reward than such as is, or
may be allowed by law, he shall, on conviction thereof, be
removed from office; provided, that the State's Attorney

for Baltimore city shall have power to appoint one Deputy,
at a salary of not more than fifteen hundred dollars per
annum, to be paid by the State's Attorney out of the fees
of his office, as has heretofore been practiced.

Deputy for Balti-
more city.

Sec. 10. No person shall be eligible to the office of
State's Attorney who has not been admitted to practice
law in this State, and who has not resided for at least
one year in the county or city in which he may be elected.

Qualifications.

Sec. 11. In case of vacancy in the office of State's At-
torney, or of his removal from the county or city in which
he shall have been elected, or on his conviction as herein
specified, the said vacancy shall be filled by the Judge of
the county or city, respectively, having criminal jurisdic-
tion in which said vacancy shall occur, for the residue of
the term thus made Vacant.

Vacancy.

ARTICLE VI.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Section 1. The Treasury Department of this State shall
consist of a Comptroller and a Treasurer.

Treasury Depart-
ment.

Sec. 2. The Comptroller shall be chosen by the qualified
electors of the State, at each regular election for members
of the General Assembly. He shall hold his office for two
years, commencing on the second Wednesday in January

Comptroller elect-
ed by the people.

next ensuing his election, and shall receive an annual salary
of twenty-five hundred dollars; but shall not be allowed,
nor shall he receive any fees, commissions or perquisites of
any kind, in addition thereto, for the performance of any
official duty or service. He shall keep his office at the
seat of government, and shall take such oath, and enter
into such bond, for the faithful performance of his duty, as
are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law. A

Salary $2,500.

4 Md. 189.
1853, ch. 403.
1852, ch. 12.

His Office.

vacancy in the office of Comptroller, shall be filled by the

Vacancy.