€6 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 27

State of Maryland for a period of seven years, he shall
receive an annual salary of not less than Seven Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500)] and if a County Super-
intendent has acted as County Superintendent in the State
of Maryland for a period of one year he shall be paid an
annual salary of not less than Eight Thousand Four Hun-
dred Dollars ($8,400); for the third year of service as a
County Superintendent in the State of Maryland, not less
than Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($8,800); for
the fourth year of service as a County Superintendent in
the State of Maryland, not less than Nine Thousand Two
Hundred Dollars ($9,200); for the fifth year of service as
a County Superintendent in the State of Maryland, not
less than Nine Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($9,600);
and for the sixth year of service and each subsequent year
of service thereafter as a County Superintendent in the
State of Maryland not less than Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000). [; and]

(c) The State of Maryland shall, as hereinafter pro-
vided, pay out of the General State School Fund to the
Treasurer of the County Board of Education and to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, two-thirds of the
annual salary of the County Superintendent of Schools and
of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in Baltimore
City as provided for in this section; provided that salaries
paid to County Superintendents shall be shared in by the
State only when the superintendent has met the full re-
quirements in academic and professional training, namely,
graduation from a standard college or university plus one
graduate year's work in education at a recognized univer-
sity, including public school administration, supervision,
and methods of teaching. County Boards of Education
may, in their discretion, pay to a County Superintendent an
annual salary in excess of the schedule provided in this
section, but the State shall not share in the part payment
of said excess.

(d) The State Superintendent of Schools may remove
any County Superintendents of Schools appointed under the
provisions of this section or continuing in office under the
provisions of this section, for immorality, misconduct in
office, insubordination, incompetency, or wilful neglect of
duty upon making known to him, in writing, the charges
against him, and upon giving to him an opportunity of
being heard, in person or by counsel, in his own defense,
upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of vacancy due
to any cause, the County Board of Education shall fill the
vacancy and the appointment shall be for a full term of
four years, and until a successor shall qualify.