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Education:
Establishment
by General
Assembly of
free public
schools; provi-
sion for taxa-
tion.
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ARTICLE VIII.
EDUCATION.
Section 1. The General
Assembly, at its First Ses-
sion after the adoption of
this Constitution, shall by
Law establish throughout
the State a thorough and
efficient System of Free Pub-
lic Schools; and shall pro-
vide by taxation, or other-
wise, for their maintenance.
Sec. 2. The System of
Public Schools, as now con-
stituted, shall remain in
force until the end of the
said First Session of the Gen-
eral Assemly, and shall then
expire; except so far as
adopted, or continued, by
the General Assembly.
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ARTICLE VIII.
EDUCATION.
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 effi-
cient System of Free Public
Schools; and shall provide
by taxation, or otherwise,
for their maintenance.
Sec. 2. The System of
Public Schools, as now con-
stituted, shall remain in
force until the end of the
said First Session of the Gen-
eral Assembly, and shall then
expire; except so far as
adopted, or continued, by
the General Assembly.
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ARTICLE VIII.
EDUCATION.
Sec. 4. The General As-
sembly, at its first session
after the adoption of this
Constitution, shall provide a
uniform system of Free Pub-
lic Schools, by which a
school shall be kept open
and supported free of ex-
pense for tuition in each
school district, for at least
six months in each year; and
in case of a failure on the
part of the General Assem-
bly so to provide, the sys-
tem reported to it by the
State Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction, shall become
the system of Free Public
Schools of the State; Pro-
vided, That the report of
the State Superintendent
shall be in conformity with
the provisions of this Con-
stitution, and such system
shall be subject to such al-
terations, conformable to this
Article, as the General As-
sembly may from time to
time enact.
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State Super-
intendent of
Public Instruc-
tion: Term;
compensation ;
duties.
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Section 1. The Governor
shall, within thirty days
after the ratification by the
people of this Constitution,
appoint, subject to the con-
firmation of the Senate, at
its first session thereafter,
a State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, who shall
hold his office for four years
and until his successor shall
have been appointed and
shall have qualified. He
shall receive an annual sal-
ary of twenty-five hundred
dollars, and such additional
sum for travelling and inci-
dental expenses as the Gen-
eral Assembly may by law
allow; shall report to the
General Assembly within
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