EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1015

the state board of education and the state superintendent of
schools.

29. Each county board of education shall cause to be pre-
pared and published annually, in the month of November, in
sufficient quantities for distribution among the citizens of the
county, an annual report addressed to the people of the county,
covering the condition, current accomplishments and needs for
the improvement of the schools, also a statement of the business
and financial transactions of the board.

CHAPTER 4A.
The County Superintendent of Schools.

72. The county board of education of each county shall
appoint during the month of May a superintendent of schools
for a term of four years, from the first day of August next
succeeding his appointment, and he shall hold office until his
successor qualifies. No person shall be eligible for appoint-
ment to the office of county superintendent of schools who
does not hold from the state superintendent of schools a
certificate in administration and supervision as provided for
in section 55 of this article, nor shall the appoint-
ment of any person by the county board of educa-
tion to the position of county superintendent of schools
be valid without the written approval of the State Superin-
tendent of Schools. Provided that all county superintendents
of schools holding office at the time when this act shall take
effect shall continue to serve to the end of the term for which
they were originally appointed, and until their successors qual-
ify, unless removed, as hereinafter provided, and shall also be
eligible for reappointment; and provided, further, that all
county superintendents of schools shall be paid, beginning with
the school year 1916-1917, on the basis of the salaries herein-
after specified. The salary of the county superintendent of
schools shall not be diminished during his term of office. The
county superintendent of schools shall devote his entire time
to public school business and shall receive such compensation
as the county board of education shall direct, provided that no
county superintendent of schools appointed to office under the
provisions of this section, or continuing in office under the
provisions of this section, shall be paid an annual salary of
less than eighteen hundred ($1, 800) dollars, and the State of
Maryland shall, as hereinafter provided, pay out of the Gen-
eral State School Fund to the treasurer of the county board of