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of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1916, be, and the same
is hereby repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

Section 18. The State Superintendent of Schools shall be
appointed by the State Board of Education for a term of four
years and said board shall fix his salary and pay same from the
appropriation for the expenses and maintenance of the state
department of education. He shall be an experienced and com-
petent educator; he shall be a graduate of a standard college,
have had not less than two years of special academic and profes-
sional graduate preparation in a standard university, and not
less than seven years' experience in teaching and administration.
Provided, that these qualifications shall not apply to the present!
incumbent of the office, nor shall they affect his eligibility for
reappointment. He may be removed by the Board for immor-
ality, misconduct in office, insubordination, incompetency, or
wilful neglect of duty, upon making known to him, in writing,
the charges against him, and upon giving him an opportunity of
being heard in person or by counsel, in his own defense, upon
not less than ten days' notice. In case of vacancy due to any
cause, the State Board of Education shall fill the vacancy, and
the appointment shall be for the unexpired term, and until a
successor shall qualify.

Approved April 18th, 1918.

CHAPTER 139.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Sections 31
and 32 of Article 22, of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title "Washington County, " sub-title "Birds and
" Game, " as enacted by Chapter 816 of the Acts of 1912.

(Vetoed. )

CHAPTER 140.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of School Commissioners for
Anne Arundel County to issue bonds to provide for improve-
ments to certain schools in the First, Second and Third Dis-
tricts of Anne Arundel County.

Whereas the schools at Severna Park and Jacobsville in the
third election district, Gennantown and West Annapolis in the
second election district and the schools at Mayo in the first
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