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his office for two years, and shall provide such compen-
sation for his services as they may deem best; and the
person chosen inspector as herein provided shall from
time to time, and as often as possible, visit the several
schools of the State, and render such service as may be
required by law; and the control of all the public school
property in each county shall be transferred to the boards
of public education in each, and the property of the State
Normal School, and such other property belonging to
the State Board of Public Education; and the General
Assembly shall have further power, from time to time, to
make such changes in the system of public education of
the State as they may deem proper.
Mr. Devries moved that the vote ordering the first sec-
tion to a second reading be reconsidered, which was
agreed to.
Mr. Devries then submitted the following as a substi-
tute for the whole report:
Sec. 1. The General Assembly shall, at its first session
after the adoption of this constitution, proceed to estab-
lish a thorough and efficient system of free public schools
throughout the State.
Sec. 2. The present school system shall remain in force
until superseded by the system provided for in the first
section of this article.
Sec. 3. The General Assembly shall cause to be levied
at each regular session an annual tax of not less than 10
cents on the $100 of taxable property throughout the
State, which tax shall be collected at the same time and
by the same agents as the general levy, such levy to be
divided among the several counties and Baltimore city in
proportion to their respective populations between the
ages of 7 and 20 years.
Sec. 4. The school fund of the State shall be kept in-
violate, and appropriated only to the purpose of education.
Mr. Kilbourn moved that the propositions be printed,
and the further consideration of the subject postponed
until Tuesday.
The subject was discussed by Messrs. Syester, McKaig,
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