JOHN WALTER SMITH, ESQ., GOVERNOR,

come in after Section seventeen, and to be known as Sections
17A, 17B and 17C, and to repeal and re-enact, with amend-
ments, Section seventy-one of said Article, so as to read as
follows :

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17A. That the Governor, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint a competent person as
Superintendent of Public Education for the State of Mary-
land, who shall serve for a term of four years, beginning on
the first Monday in May next ensuing his appointment, and
until his successor has been appointed and qualified according
to law; provided, that the Governor at any time may remove
such person from office for misconduct or inefficiency, upon
submitting his reasons for such removal in writing to such
person, and provided, further, that such removal be approved
and ratified by two-thirds of the members of the State Board
of Education.

Governor shall
appoint
Superinten-
dent of Public
Education.

17B. That said Superintendent of Public Education shall
receive a salary from said appropriation for public schools, the
amount of which salary shall be fixed by the Board of Edu-
cation, provided it shall not exceed the sum of three thousand
dollars per annum, in addition to an allowance of five hun-
dred dollars per annum for travelling expenses; and the said
Superintendent shall further be provided with a clerk, who
shall also act as clerk to the Board of Education, and who
shall be paid a reasonable salary, to be fixed by said Board,
out of its allowance for contingent or necessary expenses;
provided, further, that the office of said Board in the State
Normal School shall also be the office of said Superintendent.

Compensation.

17C. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public
Education to inform himself and the Board of Education as to
the condition of the public schools throughout the State; to
diffuse information as to the best methods of instruction; to
receive and present to the Board of Education the reports of
the various Boards of County School Commissioners; to
examine said county boards' statements of expenditure
of school funds, and submit his judgment on the same to the
Board of Education; to remove, by and with the consent of
two- thirds of the Board of Education, any county examiner
who shall be guilty of misconduct or inefficiency, except that
no examiner shall be so displaced without the privilege of
being heard in his own defense before said Board of Educa-
tion, and in every way to conserve the interest and promote
the efficiency of the public schools of this State. It shall also
be the duty of the said Superintendent of Public Education to

Duties cf