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to the position of county superintendent of schools be valid without the
written approval of the State Superintendent of School^ Provided that
all county superintendents of schools holding office at the time when this
Act shall take effect, 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 re-

appointment; and provided, further, that all county superintendents of
schools shall be paid, beginning with the school year 1922-1923 on the
basis of the salaries hereinafter specified. The salary of the county super-
intendent 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 two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), and if the county
has less than one hundred and fifty teachers in all the schools, the county
superintendent of such county may be paid, in the discretion of the county
board of education, an annual salary up to and including two thousand
nine hundred and forty dollars ($2,940) ; and in any county having one
hundred and fifty teachers but less than two hundred teachers in all the
schools, the county superintendent of such county shall in no case be paid
an annual salary of less than two thousand nine hundred and forty dollars
($2,940) ; and if the county superintendent of such county has acted as
county superintendent in the State of Maryland for a period of four
years, he shall receive an annual salary of not less than three thousand,
two hundred and forty dollars ($3,240) ; and, if the county superinten-
dent of such county has acted as county superintendent in the State of
Maryland for a period of seven years, he shall receive an annual salary of
not less than three thousand, five hundred and forty dollars ($3,540) ; and
in any county having two hundred teachers or more in all the schools, the
county superintendent of such county shall in no case be paid an annual
salary of less than three thousand, five hundred and forty dollars ($3,540),
and if the county superintendent of such county has acted as county super-
intendent in the State of Maryland for a period of four years, he shall
receive an annual salary of not less than three thousand, eight hundred
and forty dollars ($3,840); and, if the county superintendent of such
county has acted as county superintendent in the State of Maryland for
a period of seven years, he shall receive an annual salary of not less than
four thousand, one hundred and forty dollars ($4,140) ; 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, two-thirds
of the annual salary of the county superintendent of schools as provided
for in this section; provided that salaries paid to county superintendents
beyond two thousand nine hundred and forty dollars ($2,940) shall be
shared in by the State only when the superintendent has met the full re-
quirements in academic and professional training, namely, graduation
from a standard college or university plus one graduate year's work