646 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 343

Edition), Title, "Public Education," Sub-title, "Chapter
3A. State Superintendent of Schools," in order to elimi-
nate sub-sections relating to supervisors, said sub-sec-
tions being obsolete.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 42 of Article 77 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), Title, "Public Educa-
tion," Sub-title, "Chapter 3A. State Superintendent of
Schools," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

42. The state department of education shall hereafter be
provided with the following professional assistants. Such
professional assistants as are employed at the time this
section shall take effect shall be eligible for re-appointment
to the positions which they now hold:

(1) An assistant state superintendent of schools, who
shall represent the state superintendent of schools in his
absence; shall have charge of the office of the department,
the correspondence, publications, records, reports, and
educational and financial statistics; shall audit the accounts
of the county boards of education, and shall perform such
other duties as may be assigned to him by the state super-
intendent of schools.

(2) A supervisor of high schools, who shall have super-
vision of state-aided high schools, shall aid the instructors
in all other schools above the seventh grade, and shall per-
form such other duties as may be assigned to him by the
state superintendent of schools.

[(3) A supervisor of rural schools, who shall devote his
energies to helping teachers, superintendents and interested
citizens to formulate a program of rural education adapted
to the specific and general needs of the State, and who shall
perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the
state superintendent of schools.

(4) A white supervisor of colored schools, who shall have
supervision of all colored schools, and shall perform such
other duties as may be assigned to him by the state super-
INTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.]

[(5)] (3) And such other clerical and profesional as-

[(5)] (3) And such other clerical and professional as-
sistant and agents as may be authorized by the state board
of education within the limits of the appropriation for the
State department of education.