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all municipalities in the County of Cumberland not included within | the divisions of Eastern and | | Brunswick, and consists of the municipalities of Brownfield, | | Denmark, Hiram, Fryeburg, Lovell, Sweden, Stow and Porter in the | County of Oxford. The District Court for Northern Cumberland shall | | must be held at Bridgton. |
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| | | Sec. B-2. 5 MRSA §191, as amended by PL 1989, c. 410, §13, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §191.__Duties; salary; fees; full time |
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| | | 1.__Attorney General; office; salary.__The Attorney General is | | the executive head of the Department of the Attorney General.__ | | The Attorney General shall keep an office at the seat of | | government and is entitled to receive an annual salary in full | | for all services.__The Attorney General is entitled to receive | | actual expenses incurred in the performance of official duties. |
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| | | 2.__Full time; prohibited activities.__The Attorney General | | shall devote full time to the duties of the office and may not | | engage in the private practice of law during the Attorney | | General's term of office, nor may the Attorney General during | | that term be a partner or associate of any person in the practice | | of law.__During the term of service, the Attorney General may not | | be an officer or director of any corporation engaged in business | | for profit within the State. |
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| | | 3.__Representation by Attorney General, deputies, assistants | | and staff attorneys.__The Attorney General or a deputy, assistant | | or staff attorney shall appear for the State, the head of any | | state department, the head of any state institution and agencies | | of the State in all civil actions and proceedings in which the | | State is a party or interested, or in which the official acts and | | doings of the officers are called into question, in all the | | courts of the State and in those actions and proceedings before | | any other tribunal when requested by the Governor or by the | | Legislature or either House of the Legislature.__All such actions | | and proceedings must be prosecuted or defended by the Attorney | | General or under the Attorney General's direction. |
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| | | A.__Writs, summonses or other processes served upon those | | officers must be transmitted by them to the Attorney | | General. |
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| | | B.__All legal services required by those officers, boards and | | commissions in matters relating to their official duties must be | | rendered by the Attorney General or under the Attorney General's | | direction.__The officers or agencies of the State may not act at | | the expense of the State as counsel, nor employ private counsel | | except upon prior |
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