sioner of the Land Office and as Keeper of the Chancery Rec-
ords, to the Comptroller of the Treasury, and shall pay the
same semi-annually into the Treasury.

SEC. 5. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall also,
without additional compensation, collect, arrange, classify,
have charge of and safely keep all papers, records, relics and
other memorials connected with the early history of Mary-
land, not belonging to any other office.

SEC. 6. The qualified voters of Worcester county shall on
the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month of No-
vember, in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and
every two years thereafter, elect a Wreck Master for said
county, whose duties and compensation shall be the same as
are now or may be hereafter prescribed by law; the term of
office of said Wreck Master shall commence on the first Mon-
day of January next succeeding his election, and a vacancy
in said office shall be filled by the County Commissioners of
said county for the residue of the term.

ARTICLE VIII.
EDUCATION.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly, at its first session
after the adoption of this Constitution, shall, by law, estab-
lish throughout the State a thorough and efficient system of
free public schools; and shall provide by taxation, or other-
wise, for their maintenance.

SEC. 2. The system of public schools, as now constituted,
shall remain in force until the end of the said first session of
the General Assembly, and shall then expire, except so far as
adopted or continued by the General Assembly.

SEC. 3. The school fund of the State shall be kept invio-
late, and appropriated only to the purposes of education.

ARTICLE IX.

MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall make, from time
to time, such provisions for organizing, equipping and dis-
ciplining the Militia, as the exigency may require, and pass
such laws to promote volunteer militia organizations as may
afford them effectual encouragement.

SEC. 2. There shall be an Adjutant-General appointed by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. He shall hold his office until the appointment and
qualification of his successor, or until removed in pursuance
of the sentence of a court-martial. He shall perform such
duties and receive such compensation or emoluments as are
now or may be prescribed by law. He shall discharge the