Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-12
TEACHERS SALARIES


DR. Garner, the secretary, then /
read the proposed bill as follows:
A bill, entitled an act TO regulate |
the salaries of school teachers in |
Anne Arundel county, Maryland, and |
to provide for the levying by the |
County Commissioners of said county |
/ Of the funds necessary TO provide for
/ the payment of the salaries of such
( teachers.
+ Section l. Be il enacted by the
I General Assembly of Maryland, That
( the Board Of County School Commits
Sioners for Anne Arundel County shall
fix the 8laries of all teachers empl1 ~
ed in said county, and that on and
after the first day Of September,
1912. all white teachers regularly
+ employed in the public schools of
| Anne Arundel county. holding a first
/ class teachers certificate and having
\ taught for q period Of three years in
any Of the public schools of the State
/ of Maryland. shall receive as salary
not less than four hundred (S400l dol
( lars per annum; and all such teachers
! holding a frst-class teachers certif
cate and having taught in any of the
public schools of the State of Mary
/ land for period Of FIVE years shall
! receive as salary not less than four
/ hundred and fifty (S450) dollars per
annum: aud all such teachers holding
a iirstclass teachers certificate and
/ having taught in any Of the public
/ schools of the State Of Maryland for
period of eight years, shall receive
as salary not less than five hundred
dollars $500 per annum; and all
teachers employed in the public
schools of Anne Arundel county hold
ing a second-class certificate and hav-
ing taught in any of the public schools
Of the state of Maryland for a period
of five years. shall receive as salary
not less than four hundred (S4O0)
dollars per annum.
Sec 2. And be il further enacted.
That at their annual levy term in
| 1912, ana at each annual levy term
thereafter, the County Commissioners
of Anne Arundel County shall levy an
| amount which the Board of County
School Commissioners Of Anne Arun-
del County shall estimate and fix as
sufficient to pay the salaries of said
teachers: and il is hereby made the
duty of the Board of County School
| Commissioners Of said Anne Arundel
County to ascertain and farnish to
the said County Commissioners before
the beginning Of said levy the neces-
sary amount to enable them to ascer-
tain the required amount to be levied
for such purposes. which said amount
so levied shall be promptly paid over
to said Board of County School Com
missioners by the County Treasurer,
so as to be available FIR said salaries
| when the same are due.
Sec. g. And be it further enacted,
That this act shall take effect from
the date of its passage.
Professor Eckard principal of the
Brooklyn and Curtis Bay schools. then
offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That, in the opinion of
this meeting. the best interests of
our county public school sys tenn and
the strengthening Of its influence
and value as an agency for the public
betterment, require immediate recog-
milton Of the wisdom and necessity of
Ipaying proper salaries to the teach
ers employed in the Anne Arundel
county public schools.
Resolved, That the advance in the
cost Of living in recent years, and the
| greater professional preparation and
increasing work demanded of teach
ers, rendering them solely dependent
upon the remuneration for their pro-
, fessional services, have been such as
TO make imperative a higher salary
standard.
Resolved That being called upon
as is now the case, to devote prac-
ticaliy their entire time to school
duties either in the elias s-room, as
during the tall, winter and spring
months, or in technical study and
training, as during the summer, 1t is
dictated by justice and reason that
they should receive as ample compen-
alton as it may be in the power of the
| State and county to offer; and they
should not be expected to expend not
only their time and strength, but also
their private means, in the public
service without due recognition of
their claims for reasonable pay
Re solved That the maintenance of
a satisfactory level Of efficiency and
achievement in the teaching CORPS
of Anne Arundel county rests, in a
large measure, upon the retention
in the county schools of tested. cap
able and ambitious teachers: and as
it is difficult to induce such teachers
to continue here with more attractive
prospects elsewhere, the glaring in
| equaIties between our salary system
and those in other counties should be
| removed.
Resolved, That it is certainly the
duty of the citizens of the county, in
the case of those teachers who NAV
have undertaken the profession in
this community as a life-work here to
make their compensation in some
de gree commensurate with their la
bors and worth
| Resolved, That the Senator and
| Dele gates in the General Assembly
at this session, are respectfully
ured TO use all means in their power
to secure the passage of the proposed
bill, which has been prepared by the
| president of this Association, and
which authorizes and requires the
Board Of County School Commission
ers to increase the salaries of teach
| ers as therein set forth.
| Resolved, That a copy of said bill
and of these resolutions be at once