HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1903

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 ap-
pointed, and until their successors qualify, unless removed,
as hereinafter provided, and shall also be eligible for reappoint
ment; and provided, further, that all county superintendents
of schools shall be paid, beginning with the school year
1945-1946 on the basis of the salaries hereinafter speci-
fied. The salary of the county superintendent of schools shall
not be diminished during his term of office. The county super-
intendent 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 under the provisions of
this section, or continuing in office under the provisions of
this section, shall hpaid an annual salary of less than Three
Thousand Five Hulled Dollars ($3, 500), and if the county
has less than one hundred and fifty teachers in all the schools,
the county superintendent of such county may be paid in the
discretion of the county board of education, an annual salary
up to and including Three Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty
Dollars ($3, 940); and in any county having one hundred and
fifty teachers but less than two hundred teachers in all the
schools, the county superintendent of such county shall in no
case be paid an annual salary of less than Three Thousand
Nine Hundred and Forty Dollars ($3, 940); and if the county
superintendent of such county has acted as county superinten-
dent in the State of Maryland for a period of four years, he
shall receive an annual salary of not less than Four Thousand
Two Hundred and Forty Dollars ($4, 240); and, if the county
superintendent of such county has acted as county superin-
tendent in the State of Maryland for a period of seven years,
he shall receive an annual salary of not less than Four Thou-
sand Five Hundred and Forty Dollars ($4, 540);. and in any
county having two hundred teachers or more in all the schools,
the county superintendent of such county shall in no case
be paid an annual salary of less than Four Thousand Five
Hundred and Forty Dollars ($4, 540); and if the county super-
intendent of such county has acted as county superintendent
in the State of Maryland for a period of four years, he shall
receive an annual salary of not less than Four Thousand
Eight Hundred and Forty Dollars ($4, 840); and, if the county
superintendent of such county has acted as county superin-
tendent in the State of Maryland for a period of seven years,
he shall receive an annual salary of not less than Five
Thousand One Hundred and Forty Dollars ($5, 140); and
the State of Maryland shall, as hereinafter provided, pay
out of the General State School Fund to the treasurer of