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(l) (J) If any provision of this section or its application to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or applications of the section which can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the
provisions of this section are declared to be severable.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 633

(House Bill 438)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 116 of
Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement
Volume), title "Public Education," subtitle "Teachers," to pro-
vide that educators in institutions under the control of the Depart-
ment of Hleath HEALTH and Mental Hygiene AND EDUCA-
TORS IN A VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM
UNDER THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES be paid
salaries not less than those received by public school teachers of
comparable qualifications in the political subdivision in which the
institution is located, and to impose certain duties on the State De-
partment of Education or the local superintendents of schools.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 116 of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume) title "Public Education," subtitle
"Teachers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted with amend-
ments to read as follows:

116. Teachers in institutions.

Persons employed as teachers, principals, directors of education,
and supervisors of vocational education on the staffs of Boys' Village
of Maryland, Maryland Training School for Boys, Montrose School
for Girls, Maryland Children's Center, Victor Cullen School, and any
AND ALL other institutions which are under the supervision, direc-
tion, control, and general management of the State Department of
Social Services, or the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
AND PERSONS SO EMPLOYED IN A VOCATIONAL REHABIL-
ITATION PROGRAM OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDU-
CATION AND OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERV-
ICES shall be paid an annual salary not less than that received by
public school teachers of similar training and experience in the partic-
ular political subdivision in which located. The State Department of
Education or the superintendent of schools in the county in which the
institution is located shall be responsible for reviewing the individ-