ARTICLE VII.

SUNDRY OFFICERS.

SECTION 1. ' The County Commissioners of each county
not governed by Article XI-A of this Constitution may be elect-
ed by the voters of commissioner districts established therein or
by the voters of the entire county, or by a combination of these
methods of election, as provided by the General Assembly by
law.

SEC. 2. The number, compensation, and powers and du-
ties of the county commissioners of each county not governed by
Article XI-A of this Constitution shall be such as now are or
may be hereafter prescribed by law.

SEC. 3. ¹⁶⁵ Vacant.
SEC. 4. ¹⁶⁶ Vacant.
SEC. 5. ¹⁶⁷ Vacant.
SEC. 6. ¹⁶⁸ Vacant.

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 said First Session of the
General Assembly, and shall then expire; except so far as adopt-
ed, 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 ef-
fectual 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 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. ¹⁶⁹ Vacant.
ARTICLE X. ¹⁷⁰
Vacant.
ARTICLE XI. ¹⁷¹

CITY OF BALTIMORE.

SECTION 1. The Inhabitants of the City of Baltimore, quali-
fied by Law to vote in said city for members of the House of
Delegates, shall on the Tuesday after the first Monday of No-
vember, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same day
and month in every second year thereafter, elect a person to be
Mayor of the City of Baltimore, who shall have such qualifica-
tions, receive such compensation, discharge such duties, and
have such powers as are now, or may hereafter be prescribed by
Law; and the term of whose office shall commence on the third
Wednesday in the November of the year of his election, and
shall continue for two years, and until his successor shall have
qualified.

SEC. 2. The City Council of Baltimore shall consist of two
branches, one of which shall be called the First Branch, and the
other the Second Branch, and each shall consist of such number
of members, having such qualification, receiving such compensa-
tion, performing such duties, possessing such powers, holding
such terms of office, and elected in such manner, as are now, or
may hereafter be prescribed by Law.

SEC. 3. An election for members of the First Branch of the
City Council of Baltimore shall be held in the City of Baltimore
on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine, and on the same day in every year
thereafter; and for members of the Second Branch on the Tues-
day after the first Monday of November, eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine, and on the same day in every second year thereaf-
ter; and the qualification for electors of the members of the City
Council shall be the same as those prescribed for the electors of
Mayor.

SEC. 4 The regular sessions of the City Council of Baltimore
(which shall be annual), shall commence on the third Monday of
January of each year, and shall not continue more than ninety
days, exclusive of Sundays; but the Mayor may convene the City
Council in extra session whenever, and as often as it may appear
to him that the public good may require, but no called or extra
session shall last longer than twenty days, exclusive of Sundays.

SEC. 5. No person elected and qualified as Mayor, or as a
member of the City Council, shall during the term for which he
was elected, hold any other office of profit or trust, created, or to
be created, by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, or by
any Law relating to the Corporation of Baltimore, or hold any
employment, or position, the compensation of which shall be