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ART. LXXVII] TEXT BOOKS. 595
of Baltimore and the county boards of education are free to spend more
for text books, supplementary readers, materials of instruction, station-
ery and school supplies than the amount received from the State for such
purpose.
See notes to this section in volume 2 of the Annotated Code.
Chapter 4 A*. The County Superintendent of Schools.
1904, art. 77, sec. 68. 1888, art. 77, sec. 62. 1872, ch. 377. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72.
72. The county board of education of each county shall appoint dur-
ing the month of May a superintendent of schools for a term of four
years, from the first day of August next succeeding his appointment,
and he shall hold office until his successor qualifies. No person shall be
eligible for appointment to the office of county superintendent of schools
who does not hold from the state superintendent of schools a certificate
in administration and supervision as provided for in section 55 of this
Article, nor shall the appointment of any person by the county board
of education to the position of county superintendent of schools be valid
without the written approval of the State Superintendent of Schools.
Provided that all county superintendents of schools holding office on
April 18, 1916, shall continue to serve to the end of the term for which
they were originally appointed, and until their successors qualify, unless
removed, as hereinafter provided, and shall also be eligible for reap-
pointment; and provided, further, that all county superintendents of
schools shall be paid, beginning with the school year 1916-1917, on the
basis of the salaries hereinafter specified. The salary of the county
superintendent of schools shall not be diminished during his term of
office. The county superintendent of schools shall devote his entire
time to public school business and shall receive such compensation as
the county board of education shall direct, provided that no county
superintendent of schools appointed to office under the provisions of
this section, or continuing in office under the provisions of this section,
shall be paid an annual salary of less than eighteen hundred ($1,800)
dollars, and the State of Maryland shall, as hereinafter provided, pay-
out of the General State School Fund to the treasurer of the county
board of education, one-half of the annual salary of the county superin-
tendent of schools, up to and including an annual salary of three thou-
sand ($3,000) dollars. County boards of education may, in their dis-
cretion, pay to a county superintendent an annual salary in excess of
three thousand ($3,000) dollars, but the State shall not share in the
part payment of said excess. The State superintendent of schools may
remove any county superintendent of schools appointed under the provi-
sions of this section or continuing in office under the provisions of this
section, for immorality, misconduct in office, insubordination, incom-
petency, or wilful neglect of duty, upon making known to him, in writ-
*The sections of this chapter seem to be inappropriately numbered; conse-
quently the chapter is out of place.
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