Article IX.

Section 3. Common school, literature and the united states deposit funds

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Common school, literature and the united states deposit funds

The capital of the common school fund, the capital of the literature fund , and the capital of the United States deposit fund, shall be respectively preserved inviolate and the revenue of the said funds shall be applied to the support of common schools and libraries.

Common school, literature and the united states deposit funds

The capital of the common school fund, the capital of the literature fund, and the capital of the United States deposit fund, shall be respectively preserved inviolate. The revenue of the said common school fund shall be applied to the support of common schools; the revenue of the said literature fund shall be applied to the support of academies; and the sum of twenty five thousand dollars of the revenues of the United States deposit fund shall each year be appropriated to and made part of the capital of the said common school fund.

Education funds preserved; how applied

The capital of the common-school fund, the capital of the literature fund, and the capital of the United States deposit fund shall be respectively preserved inviolate. The revenues of the said common-school fund shall be applied to the support of common schools; the revenues of the said literature fund shall be applied to the support of academies; and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars of the revenues of the United States deposit fund shall each year be appropriated to and made a part of the capital of the said common-school fund.

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