ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 393

Salaries from $3000 to $3599 shall be reduced by 14%
Salaries from $3600 and over shall be reduced by 15 %

The reductions in salaries provided by the above scale
shall be computed upon the salary schedule of the school
year beginning as of September, ' 1932, and ending as of
June, 1933. All provisions of the above section creating
any salary increase because of length of teaching experi-
ence, service, employment, or for any other reason, are
suspended and non-operative for the fiscal year beginning
October 1st, 1933, and ending September 30th, 1934, and
for the fiscal year beginning October 1st, 1934, and ending
September 30th, 1935, and all salary increases provided in
the above sections are suspended, and shall not be effective
for such periods, any and all other provisions of this sec-
tion to the contrary notwithstanding, and any and all other
provisions of this section or any other section of this
Article, inconsistent with such suspension of salary in-
creases are herewith repealed to the extent of their incon-
sistency during the fiscal years aforesaid.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Section 145,
Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 77 of the Code of Public
General Laws of Maryland, 1924 Edition, title "Public Ed-
ucation, " sub-title "The County Superintendent of
Schools, " be, and the same is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

145. The county superintendents of schools, acting
under the rules and regulations of the county board of edu-
cation, 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 educa-
tion, all the professional, clerical, statistical and steno-
graphic 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

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