COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIONS

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		may be incurred by the code county.
		Public local laws enacted by the General
		Assembly under this section prevail over
		any public local laws enacted by the code
		county under other sections in this Article.
	ARTICLES. EDUCATION
	Section 8.01. Public Education.	Declaration of Rights, Art. 43. That the
	The General Assembly by law shall pro-	Legislature ought to encourage the diffusion
	vide for a statewide system of free public	of knowledge and virtue, the extension of
	schools. The system shall be headed by a	a judicious system of general education, the
	governing board whose members shall be ap-	promotion of literature, the arts, sciences,
	pointed by the governor. The General	agriculture, commerce and manufactures,
	Assembly by law shall provide also for such	and the general melioration of the condi-
	other public educational institutions and	tion of the People. The Legislature may
	services as may be necessary or desirable for	provide that land actively devoted to farm
	the intellectual, cultural, and occupational	or agricultural use shall be assessed on the
	development of the people of this State.	basis of such use and shall not be assessed
		as if subdivided.
		ARTICLE VIII. EDUCATION.
		Section 1. The General Assembly, at its
		First Session after the adoption of this Con-
		stitution, shall by Law establish throughout
		the State a thorough and efficient System
		of Free Public Schools; and shall provide
		by taxation, or otherwise, for their main-
		tenance.
		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.
	Section 8.02. Public Higher Education.	Sec. 3. The School Fund of the State shall
	The governing boards prescribed by the	be kept inviolate, and appropriated only to
	General Assembly by law for the University	the purposes of Education.
	of Maryland, the state colleges, and all other
	state institutions of higher education, includ-
	ing community colleges, shall formulate poli-
	cies for their respective institutions and shall
	have general supervision over them in all ac-
	ademic matters. These boards may be
	granted by the General Assembly by law
	such additional powers of supervision, direc-
	tion, and control of their respective institu-
	tions and over the expenditure of their
	funds as the General Assembly may deem to
	be appropriate.
	ARTICLE 9. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Section 9.01. Oath.	Declaration of Rights, Art. 39. That the
	Every person elected or appointed to any	manner of administering an oath or af-
	office of profit or trust under the Constitu-	firmation to any person, ought to be such
	tion or laws of this State, before he enters	as those of the religious persuasion, pro-

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