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annual salary scale of reductions, any and all other provisions of this sec-
tion and paragraphs (1) and (2) to the contrary notwithstanding.

Salaries under $1,200 shall be reduced by 10%.

Salaries from $1,200 to $1,799 shall be reduced by 11%.

Salaries from $1,800 to $2,399 shall be reduced by 12%.

Salaries from $2,400 to $2,999 shall be reduced by 13%.

All provisions of this section creating any salary increase because of
length of teaching experience due to employment during one or more
years between September 1, 1932, and August 31, 1936, are suspended
and non-operative for the fiscal year beginning September 1, 1935, and
ending August 31, 1936, and for the fiscal year beginning September 1,
1936, and ending August 31, 1937, any and all other provisions of this
section to the contrary notwithstanding.

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

An. Code, 1924, sec. 146. 1912, sec. 74. 1904, sec. 70. 1888, sec. 64. 1872, ch. 377. 1894,
ch. 378. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 74. 1922, ch. 382, sec. 74.

143. The county board of education shall provide the office of the
county superintendent of schools with ample, convenient, and comfortable
quarters, and with adequate clerical equipment; and the county superin-
tendent of schools and his professional assistants shall be provided with.
such means of transportation as are necessary for the effective and efficient
performance of their official duties. They shall be reimbursed for all actual
and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements incurred
or made by them in the performance of their official duties, and no part
of the traveling or personal expenses of the county superintendent and his
professional assistants incurred in the performance of their official duties
shall be included in or counted as a part of their annual salary.

The board of county commissioners of each county shall not deny any
part of the amount requested for any one school year by the county board
of education to be raised by local taxation in order to carry out the pro-
visions of this section.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 147. 1912. sec. 75. 1904, sec. 71. 1888, sec. 65. 1872, ch. 377.

1916, ch. 506, sec. 75.

144. The county superintendent of schools shall direct the taking of
the biennial school census provided for in sections 36 and 55 of this Article.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 148. 1912, sec. 76. 1904, sec. 72. 1888, sec. 66. 1872, ch. 377.
1904, ch. 584. 1916, ch. 506, sec. 76.

145. The county superintendent of schools shall take the initiative in
the preparation and presentation of the annual school budget, and shall in
every way seek to secure adequate funds from the local authorities for the
support and development of the public schools of the county.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 149. 1912, sec. 77. 1910, ch. 147 (p. 219). 1916, ch. 506, sec. 77.

146. The county superintendent of schools, acting as the executive offi-
cer of the county board of education, shall conduct all correspondence,
receive all reports from the board of district trustees, principals, and
teachers, and shall see that all reports are properly made and submitted.
He shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the county board