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ATT. LXXVIl] COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. 599
join, with the approval of the State Superintendent of Schools in the
employment of at least one primary grade supervisor, subject to and
under the foregoing conditions.
(2) There shall be appointed in each county at least one attendance
officer, whose duty it shall be to compel the regular attendance of chil-
dren at school. Such person shall receive such compensation as the
County Board of Education shall direct, provided that the appointment
of any person as an attendance officer shall be invalid without the writ-
ten approval of State Superintendent of Schools. And provided fur-
ther, that no attendance officer appointed under the provision of this
Section or continued in office under the provision of this Section, shall
be paid an annual salary of less than six hundred ($600.00) dollars,
and the State of Maryland shall pay, as hereinafter provided, out of
the General State School Fund to the Treasurer of County Board of
Education one-half of the annual salary of one attendance officer, up
to and including an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00).
County Boards of Education are free to employ as many additional
attendance officers as in their judgment are necessary, subject to the
approval of the State Superintendent of Schools, but the State shall not
share in the payment of their salaries. Provided the State Board of
Education in its discretion may excuse any County from employing an
attendance officer and may designate the County Superintendent of
Schools, the primary supervisor or the statistical clerk to perform the
duties of the attendance officer, and when so designated the propor-
tional part allowed each County for salary for such work shall be used
for general school purposes.
(3) There shall be employed in each County at least one statistical
and stenographic clerk.
(4) And such other clerical, statistical and stenographic assistants
and such other professional assistants, assistant superintendents, super-
visors, attendance officers, medical inspectors and school nurses as the
County Board of Education shall authorize; provided, that no profes-
sional assistant shall be appointed who does not hold the appropriate
certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Schools, and the
appointment of no professional assistant shall be valid without the
written approval of the State Superintendent of Schools.*
See notes to this section in volume 2 of the Annotated Code.
1904, art. 77, sec. 70. 1888, art. 77, sec. 64. 1872, ch. 377. 1894, ch. 378.
1916, ch. 506, sec. 74.
74. The county board of education shall provide the office of the
county superintendent of schools with ample, convenient and comforta-
ble quarters, and with adequate clerical equipment; and the county
superintendent of schools and his professional assistants shall be pro-
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*Section 2 of the act of 1918, chapter 494, repeals all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with said act of 1918, to the extent of such inconsistency.
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