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Two to five assistants................................ $300

Six to nine assistants................................ 400

Ten or more assistants................................ 600

[(4)] (h) (E) For the school year 1955-1956 and there-
after, the principal of a school, holding a regular principal's
certificate, who has completed at least one year of required
work beyond the bachelor's degree, shall receive the follow-
ing amounts in excess of the schedule provided for teachers
with degrees in Sub-section [(2)] (c) (B) for schools with
the following number of assistant teachers:

One assistant.............................................. $400

Two to five assistants................................ 500

Six to nine assistants................................ 700

Ten to fourteen assistants........................ 900

Fifteen to nineteen assistants................ 1000

Twenty to twenty-nine assistants............ 1100

Thirty or more assistants........................ 1200

[(5)] (i) (F) For the school year 1955-1956 and there-
after, the salary of a teacher holding a regular second grade
certificate shall be [$1300] $1900; and the salary of a
teacher holding a regular third grade certificate shall be
[$1100] $1700.

[(6)] (j) (G) For the school year 1955-1956 and there-
after, the salary of a teacher or principal holding a pro-
visional certificate shall be $200 less per school year than
that required for a teacher or principal holding a regular
certificate for the same grade.

(k) (H) Each teacher or principal who enters the public
school system of any political sub-division in Maryland
shall receive a MINIMUM salary equal to that which is
paid REQUIRED TO BE PAID HEREUNDER to a teacher
or principal having equivalent experience and grade of
certificate who is already in the public school system of that
political sub-division.

[(7)] (l) (I) The County Board of Education of any
county and the Board of School Commissioners of Balti-
more City may, in its discretion, pay to teachers and prin-
cipals annual salaries in excess of the salaries provided for
in this section.

[(8)] (m) (J) The County Commissioners of each coun-
ty and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore shall levy
sufficient funds to meet the schedule of salaries herein
established.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That during the school
years 1953-1954 and 1954-1955, being respectively in the