396 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 224

(4) And such other clerical, statistical, and steno-
graphic assistants and such other professional assistants,
assistant superintendents, supervising teachers, helping
teachers, attendance officers, medical inspectors and school
nurses as the county board of education shall authorize;
provided that no professional assistant shall be appointed
who does not hold the appropriate certificate issued by the
State Superintendent of Schools, and the appointment of
no professional assistant shall be valid without the written
approval of the State Superintendent of Schools.

The board of county commissioners of each county shall
levy sufficient funds to meet the scale of salaries provided
for in this section and 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 for the
payment of the salaries of the professional and clerical
assistants of the county superintendent: and the salary of
no supervising teacher, helping teacher, or attendance of-
ficer, regularly employed at the time this section (as re-
enacted in 1922) goes into effect, shall be diminished by
reason of any of its provisions, but they shall be entitled
to any increase in salary that may herein be granted from
the time this section (as re-enacted in 1922) goes into
effect.

All salaries as hereinbefore set forth in Paragraphs (1)
and (2) of this section shall be reduced 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, in accordance with the
following annual salary scale of reductions, any and all
other provisions of this section and paragraphs (1) and
(2) to the contrary notwithstanding; and any and all other
provisions of this section and paragraphs (1) and (2) of
this section, or provisions of any other section of this
Article, inconsistent with the salaries as determined by this
scale are herewith repealed to the extent of their incon-
sistency during the fiscal years as herein set forth:

Salaries under $1200 shall be reduced by 10 %
Salaries from 551200 to $1799 shall be reduced by 11%
Salaries from 551800 to $2399 shall be reduced by 12%
Salaries from J12400 to $2999 shall be reduced by 13%
Salaries from J53000 to, $3599 shall be reduced by 14%
Salaries from 513600 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