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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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and in virtue of the annuity bestowed by the acts of

the General Assembly, has gratuitously educated a

large number of students from Dorchester county,

which it proposes to continue to do ; and —

" WHEREAS, the said Seminary is unable, for want

of sufficient buildings, to accommodate all those who

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desire to become pupils, and is also without philoso-

phical apparatus necessary to its purposes, for which

reasons its usefulness as an institution of learning is

limited, and its powers for good restricted ; and —

WHEREAS, large sums of money have heretofore

from time to time been appropriated by the General

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Assembly to educational and charitable institutions

upon the Western shore, while similar appropriations
to the Eastern shore have been extremely limited in

amount; therefore —

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of

Maryland, That the Treasurer be and he is hereby

authorized and directed to pay, upon the warrant of

the Comptroller, to the Trustees of the Cambridge

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Female Seminary, the sum of one thousand dollars

annually, for five consecutive years, to be applied by

them to the erection of additional buildings, the

purchase of philosophical apparatus, and increasing

and improving the library and cabinet, or to any

one or more of these objects as they may think best.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take

In force

effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 11th, 1874.