CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION STUDY DOCUMENTS [EDUCATION] COMPARISON

Headnotes	Present Constitution	Constitution of 1867	Constitution of 1864	Constitution of 1851	Constitution of 1776	Amendments to 1776 Constitution
			thirty days after the com- mencement of its first session under this Constitution, a uniform system of Free Public Schools, and shall perform such other duties pertaining to his office as may from time to time be prescribed by law.
State Board of Education.			Sec. 2. There shall be a State Board of Education, consisting of the Gover- nor, the Lieutenant-Gover- nor, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, which Board shall perform such duties as the General Assem- bly may direct.
County School Commissioners : Appointment; term; duties; compensation.			Sec. 3. There shall be in each county such number of School Commissioners as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall deem necessary, who shall be appointed by the State Board of Education; shall hold office for four years, and shall perform such duties and receive such compensa- tion as the General Assem- bly or State Superintendent may direct; the School Com- missioners of Baltimore city shall remain as at present constituted, and shall be ap- pointed, as at present, by the Mayor and City Council, subject to such alterations and amendments as may be made from time to time by the General Assembly, or the said Mayor and City Council.
School tax.			Sec. 5. The General As- sembly shall levy at each regular session after the adoption of this Constitution an annual tax of not less than ten cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable
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