ARTICLE VIII.

EDUCATION

SECTION 1. The General Assemble at its First Ses
sion 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 taxa
tion, or otherwise, for their maintenance

SEC. 2 The System of Public Schools, as now con
stituted, shall remain in force until the end of the said 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 MILTIAKT 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 prescribed by Law He shall discharge
the dunes of his office at the scat 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. 3.¹⁷³ Vacant

ARTICLE X.¹⁷⁴
Vacant

ARTICLE XI.¹⁷⁵

Cnr OF BALTIMORE

SECTION 1. The Inhabitants of the City of Bat
timore, qualified by Law to vote in said city for members
of the House of Delegates, shall on the Tuesday after the
first Monday of November, 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 qualifications, receive such
compensation, discharge such duties, and have such powers
as are now, or may hereafter be proscribed by Law, and the
term of whose office shall commence on the third Wednes
day 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

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such number of members, having such qualification, receiv
ing such compensation, 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 Tuesday after the first Monday of
November, eighteen hundred and eighty nine, and on the
same day in every second year thereafter, and the qualifies
tion 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 con
tinue 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 S. 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 rotating to the
Corporation of Baltimore, or hold any employment, or
position, the compensation of which shall be paid, directly
or indirectly, out of the City Treasury, nor shall any such
person be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract,
to which the City is a party, nor shall it be lawful for any
person, holding any office, under the City, to be interested,
while holding such office, in any contract, to which the
City is a party

SEC. 6. The Mayor shall, on conviction in a Court of
Law, of wilful neglect of duty; or misbehavior in office, be
removed from office by the Governor of the State, and a
successor shall thereafter be elected, as in a case of vacancy

SEC. 7.¹⁷⁶ From and after the adoption of this Con
stitution, no debt except as hereinafter provided in this
section, shall be created by the Mayor and City Council of
Baltimore, nor shall the credit of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore be given, or loaned to, or in aid of
any individual, association, or corporation, nor shall the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore have the power to
involve the City of Baltimore in the construction of works
of internal improvement, nor in granting any aid thereto,
which shall involve the faith and credit of the City, nor
make any appropriation therefor, unless the debt or credit
is authorized by an ordinance of the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, submitted to the legal voters of the
City of Baltimore, at such time and place as may be fixed
by the ordinance, and approved by a majority of the votes
cast at that time and place An ordinance for the authonza
tion of debt or credit as aforesaid may not be submitted to
the legal voters of Baltimore City unless the proposed
creation of debt or extension of credit is cither (1)
presented to and approved by a majority of the members
of the General Assembly representing Baltimore City no