§ 2209. Salary of district superintendent. 1. Each district superintendent shall receive an annual salary from the state of forty-three thousand four hundred ninety-nine dollars, payable by the commissioner of education from moneys appropriated therefor, and in no event shall any moneys in excess of such amount be paid for such salaries unless this section is amended or explicitly notwithstood.

2. The supervisors of the towns composing any supervisory district may by adopting a resolution by a majority vote increase the salary to be paid by such district to its district superintendent. Such supervisors must thereupon file with the clerk of the board of supervisors a certificate showing the amount of such increase. The board of supervisors of each county shall levy such amount annually by tax on the towns composing such supervisory district within the county.