PUBLIC EDUCATION 2919

supervisor, high school principal or elementary school principal in ele-
mentary schools having three or more teachers, including the principal,
except in case of persons holding the foregoing positions on April 18, 1916,
and then valid only for the particular position they are then holding and
in the particular, county.

Cited but not construed in Board of Education v. Cearfoss, 165 Md. 183.

A by-law adopted by the state board under sec. 11 construed in connection with
this section. School Commissioners v. Wagaman, 84 Md. 161.

See secs. 91 and 131 and notes to sec. 11.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 84. 1912, sec. 54. 1908, ch. 635. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 54.

87. The examination and certification of teachers, after September
thirtieth, 1916, shall be a state function, and all examinations for teachers'
certificates shall be on uniform questions prepared and sent out by the
state superintendent of schools, either in person or through his assistants.
All examination papers shall be forwarded to, read and graded by the state
superintendent of schools, either in person or by his assistants. The county
superintendent shall render such assistance in conducting examinations as
may be required by the superintendent of public education. All details
connected with examinations for teachers' certificates, the renewal of the
same, the granting of such on certificates or diplomas, and the conditions
under which certificates, diplomas and degrees of institutions of the State
of Maryland and of other states will be recognized, not provided for in this
article, shall be determined, subject to the rules and regulations of the
state board of education, by the state superintendent of schools. He shall
issue a bulletin containing full information of the time and place, the
number and kinds of examinations, the rules and regulations controlling
examinations, and the issuance of certificates on credentials or diplomas.

This section referred to in construing sec. 93—see notes thereto. Worcester County
v. School Commissioners, 113 Md. 307.

See sec. 131.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 85. 1912, sec. 55. 1904, sec. 53. 1888, sec. 49. 1872, ch. 377. 1902,
ch. 460. 1904, ch. 584. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 55. 1922. ch. 382, sec. 55.

88. The certificates hereafter to be granted shall be:

(1) A certificate in administration and supervision, valid throughout
the State for three years, renewable on evidence of successful experience
and professional spirit and required of all county superintendents, may be
issued to persons who are graduates of a standard college or university, or
who have had the equivalent in scholastic preparation; who have completed
in addition one graduate year's work in education at a recognized univer-
sity, including public school administration, supervision, and method of
teaching, or who have had the equivalent in scholastic preparation, and who
have had two years' experience as a teacher.

(2) A certificate in elementary school supervision, valid throughout the
State for three years, renewable on evidence of successful experience and
professional spirit, and required of assistant superintendents and super-
vising teachers, may be granted to persons who are graduates of a two years'
standard normal school, or who have had the equivalent in scholastic prepa-
ration ; who have completed in addition two full academic years' work at a
standard college or university, not less than one-half of which has been
in academic branches related to the elementary school and the remaining
one-half in advanced elementary school methods and supervision, or who
have had the equivalent in scholastic preparation, and who have had four