LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 1075

the county board of education, two-thirds of the annual
salary of the county superintendent of schools as provided
for in this section; provided that salaries paid to county
Superintendents beyond Three Thousand Nine Hundred and
Forty Dollars ($3, 940) shall be shared in by the State only
when the superintendent has met the full requirements in
academic and professional training, namely, graduation from
a standard college or university plus one graduate year's
work in education at a recognized university, including
public school administration, supervision, and methods of
teaching. County boards of education may, in their discretion,
pay to a county superintendent an annual salary in excess of
the schedule provided in this section, but the State shall not
share in the part payment of said excess. The State Super-
intendent of Schools may remove any county superintendent of
schools appointed under the provisions of this section or con-
tinuing in office under the provisions of this section, for im-
morality, misconduct in office, insubordination, incompetency,
or wilful neglect of duty, upon making known to him, in writ-
ing, the charges against him, and upon giving to. him an oppor-
tunity of being heard, in person or by counsel, in his own
defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of vacancy
due to any cause, the county board of education shall fill the
vacancy and the appointment shall be for a full term of four
years, and until a successor shall qualify.

The board of county commissioners of each county shall
levy sufficient funds to meet the salaries provided for in this
section.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1945.

Approved May 4, 1945.

CHAPTER 1075.
(House Bill 868)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the Board of County Com-
missioners of Washington County to levy in each of the
fiscal years beginning in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950.
an amount not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100, 000) to be used for the construction, alteration, re-
conditioning, furnishing and equipping of school buildings

in Washington County and providing additions thereto,
and the purchase of lands deemed necessary.