1030 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 506

56. Any county board of education may, on the recom-
mendation of the county superintendent, suspend any teacher,
principal, supervisor, or assistant superintendent for immo-
rality, dishonesty, intemperance, insubordination, incompe-
tency, or wilful neglect of duty, and may recommend to the
state superintendent of schools the revocation of the certificate
of such person, stating in writing the grounds for such recom-
mendations, and giving an opportunity, upon not less than ten
days' notice, to be heard in defense, in person or by counsel,
and the state superintendent of schools may order such investi-
gations as he may deem necessary. If he approves the recom-
mendation, the teacher's certificate shall be revoked and the
teacher shall be dropped from the service.

57. The state superintendent of schools shall keep a full
and complete record of the academic preparation, the profes-
sional training and teaching experience of each applicant to
whom a certificate is issued. He shall keep a complete record
of the credentials, certificates or diplomas upon which certifi-
cates may have been issued or renewed, and shall keep on file
for at least six months all written examination papers. He
shall keep a complete record and file of all certificates issued
and of all certificates in force. He shall make known to county
superintendents the names of teachers holding certificates who
are unemployed, but seeking positions, and no provisional cer-
tificate may be issued by a county superintendent when it is
possible to employ persons holding regularly issued certificates;
nor shall persons be employed holding third grade certificates,
when it is possible to employ persons holding second grade cer-
tificates, nor shall persons be employed holding second grade
certificates when it is possible to employ persons holding first
grade certificates.

58. Teachers' certificates shall be of two classes: first class
and second class. All teachers' certificates issued by the state
superintendent of schools shall, when issued, be of the second
class, and shall be subject to classification by the county super-
intendent The certificates of all the teachers employed shall
be classified by the county superintendent, not less than once
in two years. In determining the class of the certificate of a
particular teacher, the following points are to be considered:
(a) Scholarship; (b) executive ability; (c) personality, and
(d) teaching power. The county superintendent may add such
other requirements as are approved by the superintendent of
public education. The county superintendent shall keep a rec-