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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. |
Wreck
Master. |
SECTION 1. The General Assembly, at its first session after
.the adoption of this Constitution, 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 maintenance.
Clark vs. Md. Institute, 87 Md., 661.
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. |
Public
schools. |
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. |
School fund. |
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 |
Organization. |
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate. He shall hold his office until the appointment and quali-
fication 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 duties of |
Adjutant-
General.
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