EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1003

Provided the State Board of Education in its discretion may
excuse any County from employing an attendance "officer and
may designate the County Superintendent of Schools, the pri-
mary supervisor or the statistical clerk to perform the duties
of the attendance officer, and when so designated the propor-
tional part allowed each County for salary for such work shall
be used for general school purposes.

(3) There shall be employed in each County at least one
statistical and stenographic clerk.

(4) And such other clerical, statistical and stenographic
assistants and such other professional assistants, assistant su-
perintendents, supervisors, attendance officers, medical inspect-
ors and school nurses as the County Board of Education shall
authorize; provided, that no professional assistant shall be ap-
pointed 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.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all Acts or parts
of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall tak5
effect June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 495

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 5,
13 and 15 of Article 100 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, title "Work, Hours of, in Factories," sub-title "Em-
ployment of Minors," as the same were repealed and re-
enacted by Chapter 222 of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland for 1916, and as sub-division (3) (c) of
Section 13 was further repealed and re-enacted by Chapter
701 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916, and to
add a new section to said Article to be known as Section
36A, providing that temporary permits to children of four-
teen years of age may be issued in cases where such chil-
dren are mentally retarded and unable to make further ad-
vancement in school.