384 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 224

holds a first grade certificate of the first class and has
taught in the public schools of the State of Maryland for
a period of three years, such teacher shall receive a salary
of not less than one thousand and fifty dollars ($1, 050)
per school year. Provided, further, if such a teacher holds
a first grade certificate of the first class and has taught in
the public schools of the State of Maryland for a period of
five years, such teacher shall receive a salary of not less
than eleven hundred dollars ($1, 100) per school year. Pro-
vided, further, if such a teacher holds a first grade certifi-
cate of the first class and has taught in the public schools
of the State of Maryland for a period of eight years, such
teacher shall receive a salary of not less than eleven hun-
dred and fifty dollars ($1, 150) per school year; and pro-
vided, further, that such teacher holding a first grade cer-
tificate, and serving as principal of a one or two teacher
school, shall receive at least one hundred dollars ($100) a
year more than the amount required for such teacher by
the foregoing schedule.

No white elementary school principal holding an elemen-
tary school principal's certificate, and serving as principal
of a school having three or more teachers, including the
principal, shall receive a salary of less than eleven hun-
dred and fifty dollars ($1, 150) per school year; provided,
that if such principal holds an elementary school princi-
pal's certificate of the first class and has taught in the pub-
lic schools of the State of Maryland for a period of three
years, such principal shall receive a salary of not less than
twelve hundred and fifty dollars ($1, 250) per school year;
provided, further, that if such principal holds an elemen-
tary school principal's certificate of the first class, and has
taught in the public schools of the State of Maryland for
a period of five years, such principal shall receive a salary
of not less than thirteen hundred dollars ($1, 300) per
school year; and provided, further, that if such principal
holds an elementary school principal's certificate of the
first class, and has taught in the public schools of the State
of Maryland for a period of eight years, such principal
shall receive a salary of not less than one thousand three
hundred and fifty dollars ($1, 350) per school year. And
provided, further, if an elementary school employs six full-
time teachers and has maintained an average daily attend-
ance of two hundred pupils during the preceding year, the
principal of such elementary school shall receive at least
two hundred dollars ($200) more per school year than the
foregoing schedule requires; if an elementary school em-
ploys ten full-time teachers and has maintained an aver-