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ARTS. VIII & IX] EDUCATION——MILITIA. 165
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-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 Commis-
sioners 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.
Clark v. Md. Institute, 87 Md. 661.
Sec. 2. The system of Public Schools, as now constituted,
shall remain in force until the end of the first session 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 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 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 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 pre-
scribed by law. He shall discharge the duties of his office at
the seat of government, unless absent under orders, on duty;
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