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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. 93—see notes thereto. Worcester County
v. School Commissioners, 113 Md. 307.

Chapter 11. The County Superintendent of Schools.

An; Code, 1924, sec. 134. 1912, sec. 72. 1904, sec. 68. 1888, sec. 62. 1872, ch. 377.
1916, ch: 506; sec. 72. 1922, ch. 382, sec. 72. 1935, ch. 477, sec. 134.

131. 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 administra-
tion and supervision as provided for in Section 88 of this Article, nor shall
the appointment of any person by the county board of education to the
position of county superintendent of schools be valid without the written
approval of the State Superintendent of Schools. 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
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