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wards or districts, members от legislative boards shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of said city, but so selected that an equal proportion thereof shall reside in each of the said wards or districts; but when in any city of the first, second or third class, there are two legislative boards, the less numerous shall be selected from and elected by the voters at large of said city; but other officers of towns or cities shall be elected by the qualified voters therein, or appointed by the local authorities thereof, as the General Assembly may, by a general law, provide; but when elected by the voters of a town or city, their terms of office shall be four years, and antil their successors shall be qualified. No mayor or chief executive or fiscal officer of any city of the first or second class, after the expiration of the term of office to which he has been elected under this Constitution, shall be eligible for the succeeding term. "Fiscal officer" shall not include an auditor or assessor, or any other officer whose chief duty is not the collection or holding of public moneys. The General Assembly shall prescribe the qualifications of all officers of towns and cities, the manner in and causes for which they may be removed from office, and how vacancies in such office may be filled.

LOUISIANA.

Art. 119. Sheriffs shall receive compensation from the parish for their services in criminal matters (the keeping of prisoners, conveying convicts to the penitentiary, insane persons to the insane asylum and service of process from another parish, and service of process or the performance of any duties beyond the limits of his own parish excepted), not to exceed five hundred dollars per annum for each representative

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The State's Attorney shall perform such duties and receive such fees and commissions as are now or may hereafter be prescribed by law, and if any State's Attorney 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.

10. V.

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 two years in the county or city in which he may be elected.

12. V.

The State's Attorney in each county, and the city of Baltimore, shall have authority to collect and give receipt, in the name of the State, for

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such sums of money as may be collected by him, and forthwith make return of and pay over the same to the proper accounting officer. And the State's Attorney of each county, and of the city of Baltimore, before he shall enter on the discharge of his duties, shall execute a bond to the State of Maryland for the faithful performance of his duties, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the judge of the court having criminal jurisdiction in said counties or city.

6. XIX.

MONTANA.

All county officers shall keep their offices at the county seats of their respective counties.

NORTH CAROLINA.

3. VII.

It shall be the duty of the commissioners first elected in each county to divide the same into convenient districts, and to report the same to the General Assembly before the first day of January, 1869.

NORTH DAKOTA.

171. X.

In any county that shall have adopted a system of government by the chairmen of the several township boards, the question of continuing the same may be submitted to the electors at such county at a general election in such a manner as may be provided by law, and if a ma. jority of all the votes cast upon such question shall be against said system of government, then such system shall cease in said county, and the affairs of said county shall then be transacted by a board of county commissioners, as is now provided by the laws of the Territory of Dakota.

172. X.

Until the system of county government by the chairman of the several

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fixed by law within the following limits, to-wit: In counties having an assessed valuation not exceeding two millions ($2,000,000) of dollars, the sheriff shall be paid not more than fifteen hundred dollars per year. The county clerk shall not be paid more than twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per year. The county and prosecuting attorney shall not be paid more than twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per year. The county treasurer shall not be paid more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars per year. The county treasurer shall not be paid more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars per year. The county assessor shall not be paid more than one thousand ($1,000) dollars per year. The county superintendent of schools shall not be paid more than five hundred ($500) dollars per year.

In counties having an assessed valuation of more than two millions ($2,000,000) of dollars and not exceeding five millions ($5,000,000) of dollars, the sheriff shall not be paid more than two thousand ($2,000) dollars per year. The county clerk shall not be paid more than eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars per year. The county treasurer shall not be paid more than eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars per year. The county assessor shall not be paid more than twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per year. The county and prosecuting attorney shall not be paid more than fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars per year. The county superintendent of schools shall not be paid more than seven hundred and fifty ($750) dollars per year.

Militia.

MILITIA.

ARTICLE XI.

I Section 1. All able-bodied male citizens between the ages

2 of eighteen and forty-five years, who are residents of the State, 3 shall constitute the militia, subject however to such exemptions

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as are now or may be hereafter created by the laws of the 5 United States, or by the Legislature of this State.

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All able-bodied male persons, residents of this State, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, shall be enrolled in the militia, and perform such military duty as may be required by law; but no person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms, shall be compelled to perform such duty in time of peace. Every person claiming such exemption from service shall in lieu thereof pay into the school fund of the county of which he may be a resident, an equivalent in money, the amount and manner of payment to be fixed by law.

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2. XII.

The General Assembly, in providing for the organization, equipment and discipline of the militia, shall conform as nearly as practicable to the regulations for the government of the armies of the United States.

6. XII.

No person having conscientious scruples against bearing arms shall be compelled to do militia duty in time of peace: Provided, Such person shall pay an equivalent for such exemption.

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