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tinue 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 he eligible
for reappointment; and provided, further, that all County
Superintendents of Schools shall be paid, beginning with the
school year 1947-48 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 under the pro-
visions of this section, or continuing in office under the provi-
sions of this section, shall be paid an annual salary of less
than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), 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 Five Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($5,500) ; and in any county having one hundred and
fifty teachers but less than three hundred teachers in all the
schools, the County Superintendent of such county shall in
no case be paid an annual salary of less than Five Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($5,500) ; and if the County Superin-
tendent of such county has acted as County Superintendent
in the State of Maryland for a period of four years, be shall
receive an annual salary of not less than Six Thousand Dollars
($6,000) ; 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 Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500) ;
and in any county having three hundred teachers or more in
all the schools, the County Superintendent of such county shall
in no case be paid an annual salary of less than Six Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($6,500) ; and if the County Super in
tendent 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 Seven Thousand
Dollars ($7,000); 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 Seven Thousand Five Hun-
dred Dollars ($7,500); and the State of Maryland shall,
as hereinafter provided, pay out of the General State
School Fund to the treasurer of the County Board of Educa-
tion and to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, two-
thirds of the annual salary of the County Superintendent of
Schools and of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in