Art. 8.] State of Maryland. 67

the same time and by the same agents as the general State
levy; and shall be paid into the Treasury of the State, and

shall be distributed under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by law, among the counties and the city of Balti-
more, in proportion to their respective population between

To be distributed
by law.

the ages of five and twenty years: Provided, That the
General Assembly shall not levy any additional school tax
upon particular counties, unless such county express by

Proviso for Par-
ticular Counties.

popular vote its desire for such tax; the city of Baltimore
shall provide for its additional school tax as at present, or
as may hereafter be provided by the General Assembly, or
by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

City of Baltimore
excepted.

Sec. 6. The General Assembly shall further provide by
law, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitu-
tion, a fund for the support of the Free Public Schools of
the State, by the imposition of an annual tax of not less
than five cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable
property throughout the State, the proceeds of which tax
shall be known as the Public School Fund, and shall be
invested by the Treasurer, together with its annual interest
until such time as said fund shall, by its own increase and
any additions which may be made to it from time to time,
together with the present school fund, amount to six
millions of dollars, when the tax of ten cents in the hun-
dred dollars, authorized by the preceding section, may be
discontinued in whole or in part, as the General Assembly
may direct; the principal fund of six millions hereby pro-
vided, shall remain forever inviolate as the Free Public
School fund of the State, and the annual interest of said
school fund shall be disbursed for educational purposes
only, as may be prescribed by law.

School Fund of Six
Millions to be ac-
cumulated.