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appropriated to The Johns Hopkins University, to be paid to
said university on the first day of November, 1912, or as soon
thereafter as the proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized
by section 6 of this act shall have been received by the State.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there is hereby
appropriated to The Johns Hopkins University the annual sum
of fifty thousand dollars, and that the Treasurer of this State
be and he is hereby authorized and directed, upon the warrant
of the Comptroller to pay to The Johns Hopkins University
the sum of fifty thousand dollars annually, accounting from
January 1st, 1913.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, In order to better sub-
serve the interests of this State and to offer advantages to the
young men of the counties and of Baltimore City not otherwise
available to them at present, the said The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, in consideration of said appropriations made by the
foregoing sections 1 and 2, shall establish one hundred and
twenty-nine (129) scholarships, entitling the holders to free
tuition in said department of applied science or advanced tech-
nology, or in the courses preparatory thereto, which scholarships
shall be open to -the worthy young men of this State as hereafter
set forth.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That said scholarships
shall be apportioned or allotted as follows:

First: There is hereby apportioned to the residents of each
of the counties of this State and of each of the legislative dis-
tricts of the City of Baltimore a number of said scholarships
equal to the representation in or number of delegates which
such county or district may be entitled to elect to the House of
Delegates at the time of the passage of this act Six scholar-
ships, or scholarships at large, shall be open to the residents
of this State, without reference to the county or legislative dis-
trict in which they may reside.

Only such deserving young men, whose residence in such
county or district shall be bona fide, and whose means are such
that they are unable to procure such technical education unless
free tuition is granted them, shall be eligible for appointment
to such scholarships.

Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the scholarship allotted
to the residents of any county or legislative district, such fact
shall be advertised by the university in a newspaper published
in such county or city, and due notice given of the date, time
and place of the examination for said scholarships. The list