PUBLIC EDUCATION. 9Y7

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
superintendent 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 hun-
dred and forty dollars ($3, 240); 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
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 superin-
tendent in the State of Maryland for a period of four years, he shall re-
ceive 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 Mary-
land 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 requirements
in academic and professional training, namely, graduation from a standard
college or university plus one graduate year's work in education at a
recognized university, including public school administration, supervision,
and methods of teaching. County boards of education may, in their dis-
cretion, pay to a county superintendent an annual salary in excess of the