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ART. 8. ] STATE OF MARYLAND. 67
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the same time and by the same agents as the general State
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levy; and shall be paid into the Treasury of the State, and
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shall be distributed under such regulations as may be pre-
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To be distributed
by law.
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scribed by law, among the counties and the city of Balti-
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more, in proportion to their respective population between
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the ages of five and twenty years: Provided, That the
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Proviso for Par-
ticular Counties.
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General Assembly shall not levy any additional school tax
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upon particular counties, unless such county express by
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popular vote its desire for such tax; the city of Baltimore
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City of Baltimore
excepted.
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shall provide for its additional school tax as at present, or
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as may hereafter be provided by the General Assembly, or
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by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
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SEC. 6. The General Assembly shall further provide by
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School Fund of Six
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law, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitu-
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Millions to be ac-
cumulated
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tion, a fund for the support of the Free Public Schools of
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the State, by the imposition of an annual tax of not less
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than fire cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable
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property throughout the State, the proceeds of which tax
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shall be known as the Public School Fund, and shall be
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invested by the Treasurer, together with its annual interest
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until such time as said fund shall, by its own increase and
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any additions which may be made to it from time to time,
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together with the present school fund, amount to six
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millions of dollars, when the tax of ten cents in the hun-
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dred dollars, authorized by the preceding section, may be
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discontinued in whole or in part, as the General Assembly
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may direct; the principal fund of six millions hereby pro-
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vided, shall remain forever inviolate as the Free Public
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School fund of the State, and the annual interest of said
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school fund shall be disbursed for educational purposes
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only, as may be prescribed by law.
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