88 CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND. [ARTS. VIII & IX

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 Tues-
day next after the first Monday in the month of November, 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 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, establish throughout the
State a thorough and efficient system of free Public Schools; and shall
provide by taxation or otherwise, for their maintenance.

Sec. 2. The system of Public Schools, as now constituted, shall
remain in force until the end of the first session of the General Assem-
bly, 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 inviolate, 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 discipling 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 Gov-
ernor, 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 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 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 expire at the
end of the next session of the Genera] Assembly, except so far as it
may be re-enacted, subject to the provisions of this Article.