570 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 544

High School offering one or two years of work shall receive
$200 per school year. more than the foregoing schedule requires.

The salary of a teacher holding a second grade certificate
shall be $850; and the salary of a teacher holding a third grade
certificate shall be $650 per school year.

The principal of a High School, with from one to five assist-
ants shall receive $1, 950 per school year for the first and second
years of teaching service; $2, 050 for the third and fourth years
of teaching service; $2, 150 for the fifth and sixth years of
teaching service; $2, 250 for the seventh and eighth years of
teaching service; $2, 350 for the ninth and tenth years of teach-
ing service; $2, 450 for the eleventh and twelfth years of teach-
ing service; $2, 550 for the thirteenth and fourteenth years of
teaching service; $2, 650 for the fifteenth and sixteenth years
of teaching service, and $2, 750 for the seventeenth and each
succeeding year of teaching service. A principal of a High
School Avith from six to nine assistants shall receive $200 per
school year more than the foregoing schedule requires; and the
principal of a High School with ten or more assistants, 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.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1945.

Approved April 5, 1945.

CHAPTER 544.

(Senate Bill 483)

AN ACT to add a new Section to Article 77 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1939 Ed. ), title "Public Edu-
cation, " sub-title "Source and Distribution of Income, "

said new section to follow immediately after Section
199 of said Article and to be known as Section 199A,
providing for distribution of funds to the Counties and