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ler of the State, be annually paid on the first day of April of each year to the President of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary's Seminary, for the sup- port of said Institution.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That in consideration of the fostering care of the State in support of said Seminary of learning, the Trustees of the said St. Mary's Seminary shall establish a free scholarship, with board, upon which one pupil from each of the counties of the State and the city of Baltimore, each Legislative District of Balti- more city considered as a county, shall be admit- ted to all the instructions given in the Seminary, all necessary books without any charge whatever.	Free schola - ship.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller of the State shall draw by ballot which of the counties and Legislative Districts of Baltimore city, ten in number, who shall first receive the benefit of the Institution, which ten first selected shall remain in said Institution for the space of three years, (if not dismissed by the Trustees of said Institution,) and the said Comptroller shall continue to fill by ballot any vacancy which may arise, and at the expiration of three years to draw which counties or Legislative Districts shall be entitled, so that each county and Legislative Dis- trict shall be represented in turn; each pupil as selected to remain for the space of three years, if not dismissed as above.	By ballot.
Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the County Com- missioners of the several counties, together with the Superintendent of Public Schools .in each county in the State and the Board of Commission- ers of Public Schools of Baltimore, shall for their counties and for the city of Baltimore respectively, designate from time to time the persons who are to enjoy the privileges of said free scholarship.	Designation,
Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Trustees of the St. Mary's Seminary shall from time to time advise the aforesaid School Boards of the several counties and the city of Baltimore respectively, of any existing or expected vacancies in the said free scholarship, so that there may be kept at all times one pupil from each cf the counties selected and three from the city of Baltimore, when selected in	Vacancies.