PUBLIC EDUCATION 2949

An. Code, 1924, sec. 139. 1912, sec. 72E. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72E.

136. The county superintendent of schools shall nominate, for appoint-
ment by the county board of education, all principals and all assistant
teachers, shall assign them to their positions in the schools, transfer them
as the needs of the schools require, recommend them for promotion, suspend
them for cause and recommend them for dismissal.

This section referred to in construing sec. 11. See notes thereto. Board of Education v.
Cearfoss, 165 Md. 185.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 140. 1912, sec. 72F. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72F.

137. The county superintendent of schools shall organize and attend
county and local institutes for teachers and citizens, shall organize and
direct the work of reading centers of the county, advise teachers as to their
further study and professional reading, and assist parents and citizens to
acquire a knowledge of the aims and work of the schools.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 141. 1912, sec. 72G. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72G.

138. The county superintendent shall visit the schools, observe the
management and instruction and give suggestions for the improvement of
the same. He shall advise with principals and teachers, counsel district
trustees, and shall labor in every way to awaken public interest and to
improve educational conditions within the county.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 142. 1912, sec. 72H. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72H.

139. The county superintendent of schools shall grade and standardize,
subject to the rules and regulations of the state board of education, all the
public schools of the county, and shall recommend the same for approval
to the county board of education.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 143. 1912, sec. 72-I. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72-I.

140. The county superintendent of schools shall prepare courses of
study, subject to the rules and regulations and the courses of study of
the state board of education, for the public schools of the county, and shall
recommend the same for adoption by the county board of education.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 144. 1912, sec. 72J. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 72J.

141. The county superintendent of schools shall prepare lists of such
text-books, supplementary readers, materials of instruction, stationery and
school supplies, school furniture, equipment and apparatus, as are needed
by the schools, and shall recommend the purchase and distribution of the
same by the county board of education.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 145. 1912, sec. 73. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 73. 1918, ch. 494, sec. 73.
1922, ch. 382, sec. 73. 1933, ch. 224, sec. 145. 1935, ch. 477, sec. 145.

142. The county superintendent of schools, acting under the rules and
regulations of the county board of education, shall be responsible for the
administration of the office of the county superintendent of schools. He
shall nominate, for appointment by the county board of education, all the
professional, clerical, statistical and stenographic assistants of the office;
he shall recommend their removal for immorality, misconduct in office,
incompetency, insubordination, or wilful neglect of duty, and he shall see
that all regular appointees of the county board of education devote their