192 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 118

the State of Maryland holding a first grade certificate, shall
receive a salary of less than eight hundred dollars ($800)
per school year. Provided, if such a teacher holds a first
grade certificate of the first class and has taught in the public
schools of the State of Maryland for a period of three years,
such teacher shall receive a salary of not less than eight hun-
dred and fifty dollars ($850) per school year. Provided, fur-
ther, if such a teacher holds a first grade certificate of the first
class and has taught in the public schools of Maryland for a
period of five years, such teacher shall receive a salary of not
less than nine hundred dollars ($900) per school year. Pro-
vided, further, if such a teacher holds a first grade certificate
of the first-class and has taught in the public schools of the
State of Maryland for a period of eight years, such a teacher
shall receive a salary of not less than nine hundred and fifty
dollars ($950) per school year; and provided, further, that
such teacher holding a first grade certificate, and serving as
principal of a one or two-teacher school, shall receive at least
fifty dollars ($50) a year more than the amount required for
such teacher by the aforegoing schedule.

No white elementary school principal holding an elementary
school principal's certificate, and serving as principal of a
school having three or more teachers, including the principal,
shall receive a salary of less than nine hundred dollars
($900) per school year, provided, that if such principal holds
an elementary school principal's certificate of the first class,
and has taught in the public schools of the State of Maryland
for a period of three years, such principal shall receive a sal-
ary of not less than nine hundred and fifty dollars ($950)
per school year; provided, further, that if such principal holds
an elementary school principal's certificate of the first class,
and has taught in the public schools of the State of Maryland
for a period of five years, such principal shall receive a sal-
ary of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) per school
year; and provided, further, that if such principal holds an
elementary principal's certificate of the first class, and has
taught in the public schools of the State of Maryland for a
period of eight years, such principal shall receive a salary of
not less than one thousand and fifty dollars ($1,050) per
school year.

All elementary school teachers and principals on provisional
certificates may be paid one hundred dollars less than the