SEC. 5. The Commissioner of the Land Office shall also,
without additional compensation, collect, arrange, classify,
have charge of, and safely keep all Papers, Records, Relics
and other Memorials connected with the Early History of
Maryland, not belonging to any other office.

SEC. 6. The qualified voters of Worcester County shall
on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in the month
of November, in the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-sev-
en, 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 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