Chap. 261.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the tenth clause of the
seventh section of chapter 78 of the Code of 1873, as amended by an
act approved April 24th, 1874, in relation to pay of secretary of the
board of education.

Approved March 14, 1878.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That clause ten

of section seven of the Code of eighteen hundred and sev-

enty-three, as amended by an act approved April the twenty-
fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, be amended and
re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Tenth. To approve of the appointment of a first and a

‘second clerk for the office of the superintendent of public

instruction, upon the nomination of that officer, and to fix
their compensation at a sum not exceeding that allowed by
law to other first and second clerks in the other state offices.
But the first clerk, who is hereby required to serve also as

‘secretary of the board of education, may be allowed for these

extra services such reasonable compensation as the board
may deem just and proper: provided that the whole amount
received by him for both offices, shall not exceed the amount
of his present salary as first clerk.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.