1054 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 503

assistants and with an average daily attendance of not less
than one hundred and less than two hundred, shall receive
$200 per school year more than the foregoing schedule re-
quires; and the principal of a First Group High School with
nine or more assistants, and with an average daily attendance
of two hundred or more shall receive $400 per school year more
than the foregoing schedule requires.

The salary of a teacher or principal holding a provisional
certificate shall be |200 less per school year than that required
for a teacher or principal holding a regular certificate for the
same grade.

The County Board of Education of any county may, in its
discretion, pay to teachers and principals annual salaries in
excess of the salaries provided for in this section, but the State
shall not share in the payment of any such excess salaries.

The County Commissioners of each county shall levy suffi-
cient funds to meet the schedule of salaries herein established.

During the budget years 1940 and 1941, the increases due
teachers and principals as a result of the salary schedule
established by this section over the salaries as provided by
Sections 90 and 195 of this Article during the budget year
1939, shall not be considered in calculating the twenty-four
per cent (24%) to be expended by the Equalization Fund
Counties for purposes other than teachers' salaries.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect September 1, 1939.

Approved May 11, 1939.

CHAPTER 503.
(House Bill 487)

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 89 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Statistics and In-
formation as to Branches of Industry", sub-title "Bureau of
Mines", title II—"Inspectors and Inspections", providing for
the appointment of an inspector of weights and mine scales,
said new section to be known as Section 31A, and to follow
immediately after Section 31 of said Article 89.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition),
title "Statistics and Information as to Branches of Industry",