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An. Code, sec. 17D. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 17D.

25. It shall be the duty of the state board of education to consider the
educational needs of the State, and on and with the advice of the state
superintendent of schools, to recommend to the Governor and to the Gen-
eral Assembly, such additional legislation, or changes in existing legisla-
tion, as may be deemed desirable. Such recommendations shall be in the
form of prepared bills and shall be laid before the Governor and the Gen-
eral Assembly. The state board of education and the state superintendent
of schools shall be given a hearing on the same by the committees of the
Senate and the House of Delegates, to which such bills are referred, if this
is requested.

An. Code, sec. 17E. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 17E.

26. The state board of education shall perform such other duties as
are assigned to them elsewhere in this Article, or may be assigned to them
from time to time by the General Assembly.

Chapter 3A. State Superintendent of Schools.

An. Code, sec. 18. 1904, sec. 18. 1900, ch. 428, sec. 17A. 1902, ch. 466. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 18.

1918, sec. 138.

27. The State Superintendent of Schools shall be appointed by the
State Board of Education for a term of four years and said board shall fix
his salary and pay same from the appropriation for the expenses and
maintenance of the state department of education. He shall be an experi-
enced and competent educator; he shall be a graduate of a standard col-
lege, have had not less than two years of special academic and professional
graduate preparation in a standard university, and not less than seven years'
experience in teaching and administration. Provided, that these qualifica-
tions shall not apply to the present incumbent of the office, nor shall they
affect his eligibility for reappointment. He may be removed by the Board
for immorality, misconduct in office, insubordination, incompetency, or wil-
ful neglect of duty, upon making known to him, in writing, the charges
against him, and upon giving him an opportunity 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 State Board of Education shall fill the
vacancy, and the appointment shall be for the unexpired term, and until
a successor shall qualify.
See sec. 148.

An. Code, sec. 19A. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 19A.

28. The state superintendent of schools shall enforce all the provi-
sions of this article and of the enacted and published by-laws of the state
board of education. He is empowered to cause the State Comptroller,
through written notification, to withhold, in case of violation of any of
the provisions of this article or of the by-laws enacted and published by
the state board of education, any part or all of any appropriation made by
the General Assembly to any educational institution, or to withhold any
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