School money only for public schools
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
[All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the state for the support of common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance exclusively of its own schools.]
Note (Massachusetts Legislature): [Superseded by Amendments, Arts.XLVI, XCVI and CIII.
Simplified explanation
Annulled: It required school moneys raised by towns and cities or appropriated by the state to be spent only on schools conducted under the town or city authorities, and never appropriated to any religious sect for its own schools. A note says later amendments superseded it.