958 ARTICLE 77.

No white teacher regularly employed in a public school of the State of
Maryland, holding a first grade certificate, shall receive a salary of less
than nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950) per school year. Provided, if
such a teacher holds a first grade certificate of the first class and has taught
in the public schools of the State of Maryland for a period of three years,
such teacher shall receive a salary of not less than one thousand and fifty
dollars ($1050) per school year. Provided, further, if such teacher holds
a first grade certificate of the first class and has taught in the public schools
of the State of Maryland for a period of five years, such teacher shall
receive a salary of not less than eleven hundred dollars ($1, 100) per school
year. Provided, further, if such teacher holds a first grade certificate
of the first class and has taught in the public schools of the State of Mary-
land for a period of eight years, such teacher shall receive a salary of not
less than eleven hundred and fifty dollars ($1, 150) per school year; and
provided, further, that such teacher holding a first grade certificate, and
serving as principal of a one or two teacher school, shall receive at least
one hundred dollars ($100) a year more than the amount required for such
teacher by the foregoing schedule.

No white elementary school principal holding an elementary school prin-
cipal's certificate, and serving as principal of a school having three or
more teachers, including the principal, shall receive a salary of less than
eleven hundred and fifty dollars ($1, 150) per school year; provided, that
if such principal holds an elementary school principal's certificate of the
first class, and has taught in the public schools of the State of Maryland
for a period of three years, such principal shall receive a salary of not
less than twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1250) per school year; pro-
vided, further, that if such principal holds an elementary school principal's
certificate of the first class, and has taught in the public schools of the
State of Maryland for a period of five years, such principal shall receive a
salary of not less than thirteen hundred dollars ($1, 300) per school year;
and provided further, that if such principal holds an elementary school
principal's certificate of the first class, and has taught in the public schools
of the State of Maryland for a period of eight years, such principal shall
receive a salary of not less than one thousand three hundred and fifty
dollars ($1, 350) per school year. And provided, further, if an elementary
school employs six full time teachers and has maintained an average daily
attendance of two hundred pupils during the preceding year, the principal
of such elementary school shall receive at least two hundred dollars ($200)
more per school year then the foregoing schedule requires; if an elementary
school employs ten full-time teachers and has maintained an average daily
attendance of three hundred and sixty pupils during the preceding year,
the principal of such elementary school shall receive at least four hundred
dollars ($400) more per school year than the foregoing schedule requires.
And provided, further, that all increments with service are compulsory
only for teachers and principals whose certificates are rated as first class
by the county superintendent.