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readers, materials of instruction, stationery and school supplies and of
all money expended for such purposes. They shall report the same an-
nually to the state superintendent of schools and in their annual report
addressed to the people required by law. No money received from the
State for the purchase of text books, supplementary readers, materials of
instruction, stationery and school supplies shall ever be used for any
other purpose or spent in any other way than provided for in the two
preceding sections.

An. Code, sec. 71. 1904, sec. 67. 1896, ch. 135, secs. 2, 3. 1902, ch. 330, sec. 61 A.
1908, ch. 635, sec. 67. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 71.

133. The entire sum appropriated by the General Assembly for the
purchase of text books, supplementary readers, material of instruction,
stationery and school supplies, shall be annually apportioned on or before
the last day of September by the Comptroller to the board of public school
commissioners of the City of Baltimore and to the county boards of edu-
cation of each of the several counties according to and on the basis of the
average enrollment in the public schools of the City of Baltimore, and of
each of the several counties during the preceding school year as certified
to by the state superintendent of schools, and the Comptroller shall on or
before the first day of October draw his warrant ori the Treasurer of the
State of Maryland for the respective amounts due to the board of public
school commissioners of Baltimore City and the treasurer of the county
board of education of the several counties. On the receipt of the warrant
of the Comptroller, the Treasurer of the State of Maryland shall imme-
diately pay the respective amounts due to the board of public school com-
missioners of the City of Baltimore and the treasurer of the county board
of education of the several counties. The board of public school commis-
sioners of the City of Baltimore and the county boards of education are
free to spend more for text books, supplementary readers, materials of
instruction, stationery and school supplies than the amount received from
the State for such purpose.

This section referred to in construing sec. 90—see notes thereto. Worcester County
v. School Commissioners, 113 Md. 307.

Chapter 4A.1 The County Superintendent of Schools.

An. Code, sec. 72. 1904, sec. 68. 1888, sec. 62. 1872, ch. 377. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72.

1922, ch. 382, sec. 72.

134. 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 admin-
istration and supervision as provided for in Section 85 of this Article,
nor shall the appointment of any person by the county board of education

1 The sections of this chapter seem to be inappropriately numbered; consequently
the chapter is out of place.