ART. 77] SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 123

Superintendent of Public Education.

1900, ch. 428.

17A. The Governor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, shall appoint a competent person as superin-
tendent of public education for the State of Maryland, who
shall serve for a term of four years, beginning on the first
Monday in May next ensuing his appointment, and until his
successor has been appointed and qualified according to law;
provided, that the Governor at any time may remove such
person from office for misconduct or inefficiency, upon sub-
mitting his reasons for such removal in writing to such person;
and provided, further, that such removal be approved and
ratified by two-thirds of the members of the State board of
education.

Ibid.

17B. Said superintendent of public education shall receive
a salary from said appropriation for public schools, the amount
of which salary shall be fixed by the board of education,
provided it shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dol-
lars per annum, in addition to an allowance of five hundred
dollars per annum for travelling expenses; and the said super-
intendent shall further be provided with a clerk, who shall
also act as clerk to the board of education, and who shall be
paid a reasonable salary, to be fixed bysaid board, out of its
allowance for contingent or necessary expenses; provided,
further, that the office of said board in the State Normal
School shall also be the office of said superintendent.

Ibid.

17c. It shall be the duty of the superintendent of public
education to inform himself and the board of education as to
the condition of the public schools throughout the State; to
diffuse information as to the best methods of instruction; to
receive and present to the board of education the reports of
the various boards of county school commissioners; to ex-
amine said county boards' statements of expenditure of school
funds, and submit his judgment on the same to the board of