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66 CONSTITUTION OF THE [ART. 8.
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shall perform such other duties pertaining to his office as
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may from time to time be prescribed by law.
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Board or Educa-
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SEC. 2. There shall be a State Board of Education,
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consisting of the Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor, the
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Speaker of the House of Delegates, and the State Super-
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intendent of Public Instruction, which Board shall perform
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such duties as the General Assembly may direct.
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School Commis-
sioners to be ap-
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SEC 3. There shall be in each county such number of
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pointed by Board
of Education
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School Commissioners as the State Superintendent of
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Public Instruction shall deem necessary, who shall be
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appointed by the State Board of Education; shall hold
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office for four years, and shall perform such duties arid
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receive such compensation as the General Assembly or
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State Superintendent may direct; the School Commis-
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Baltimore city
excepted
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sioners of Baltimore city shall remain as at present con-
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stituted, and shall be appointed, as at present, by the
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Mayor and City Council, subject to such alterations and
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amendments as may be made from time to time by the
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General Assembly, or the said Mayor and City Council.
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Uniform system
to be provided by
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SEC. 4. The General Assembly, at its first session after
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the Legislature.
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the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide a uniform
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system of Free Public Schools, by which a school shall be
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kept open and supported free of expense for tuition in each
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school district, for at least six months in each year; and
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in case of a failure on the part of the General Assembly so
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to provide, the system reported to it by the State Super-
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intendent of Public Instruction, shall become the system of
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Free Public Schools of the Slate; Provided, That the
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report of the State Superintendent shall be in conformity
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with the provisions of this Constitution, and such system
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Alterations may
be made
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shall be subject to such alterations, conformable to this
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Article, as the General Assembly may from time to time
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enact.
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Tax of ten cents
on $100
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SEC 5. The General Assembly shall levy at each regular
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session after the adoption of this Constitution an annual
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tax of not less than ten cents on each one hundred dollars
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of taxable property throughout the State, for the support
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of the Free Public Schools, which tax shall be collected at
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