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any success that the board has been responsible for, I

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think it is the fact .that it has the composite structure

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which it is now composed of.

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I think we should perpetuate this thing from

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the period of 1916 to the present time. I think it is an

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integral and essential part of the success. I think we

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should subject it in its entirety.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Any delegate desire to speak in

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opposition to the amendment? Delegate Maurer .

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DELEGATE MAURER: Mr. Chairman, I certainly

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agree as to the importance of the post of State superin-

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tendent of schools, but I would call the attention of this

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Committee to the Executive Branch Article, Section 4.21,

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and in the middle of that Article, referring to the

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governor, it says, acting alone, he shall appoint each

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chief administrative officer serving under a board or a

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commission, which is the head of a principal department,

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the Executive Branch, except the head or chief adminis-

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trative officer of an institution of higher education, or

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of the State public school system.

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I believe that there is a protection for the