same as are now or may be hereafter prescribed by law;
the term of office of said Wreck Master shall commence on
the first Monday 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.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly, at its first session
after the adoption of this Constitution, shall, by law, estab-
lish throughout the State a thorough and efficient system of
free public schools; and shall provide by taxation or other-
wise, for their maintenance..

SEC. 2. The system of public schools, as now constitut-
ed, shall remain in force until the end of the first '.ses-
sion of the General Assembly, and shall then expire, except
so far as adopted or continued by the General Assembly..

SEC. 3. The school fund of the State shall be kept in-
violate and appropriated only to the purposes of education..

ARTICLE IX.
MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.

SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall make, from
time to time, such provisions for organizing, equipping and
disciplining 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 the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate. He shall hold his office until the appointment
and qualification of his successor, or until removed in pur-
suance 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 his office at the seat of government, unless
absent under orders, on duty; and no other officer of the
General Staff of the Militia shall receive salary or pay,
except when on service and mustered in with troops..

SEC. 3. The existing Militia Law of the State shall ex-
pire at the end of the next session of the General Assembly,
except as far as it may be re-enacted, subject to the pro-
visions of this Article..