ODEN BOWIE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 601

pursuance of the provisions of Section second of Article thirteen of the Constitution of Maryland, adopted and ratified September eighteenth, eigh- teen hundred and sixty-seven; and whereas, although no provision has been made by law to extend to Wicomico County the benefits of said resolution and of said Act, yet the Visitors and Governors of Washington College, desiring to in- clude within the operation of said resolution and Act the said county of Wicomico, did, on the thir- tieth day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty- eight, receive into said College Warren J. Taylor, as a beneficiary student from Wicomico County, and have ever since continued to board and instruct the said Warren J. Taylor, free of all charge, and without compensation therefor from the State, now, therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That in addition to the sum now an- nually paid to the Visitors and Governors of Wash- ington College, there shall be paid to the said Vis- itors and Governors annually the further sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars, as com- pensation for the boarding and instructing of one student from Wicomico County, this being the pro rata increase necessary to extend to Wicomico County the benefits now enjoyed by the other coun- ties on the Eastern Shore.	Additional appropriation.
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer of Maryland is hereby authorized and required to pay to the said Visitors and Governors the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, the same being the amount due and in arrears to said Visitors and Governors for the board and instruction of said student from Wicomico County, for the two years from April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, said sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, as well as the said annual donation of three hundred and sev- erity-five dollars, to be paid out of any unappro- priated money in the Treasury.	Pay arrears due.
Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date of its passage. Approved April 4, 1870.	In force.