ART. 77] SCHOLARSHIPS. 1763

the governor, comptroller, treasurer, president of the senate, speaker
of the house of delegates and attorney general; and the United States
secretary of agriculture shall be ex officio one of said board, and one
person from each of the congressional districts of this State who shall
be a practical farmer, or immediately interested in agricultural pur-
suits, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the con-
sent of the senate, to be classified as follows: Two for the term of two
years, two for the term of four years, and the remainder for the term
of six years, all to date from the first day of February, 1888, and
thereafter the term of all such appointments shall be for the term of
six years, except that appointments to fill vacancies occurring otherwise
than by expiration of term, shall be only for the unexpired portion of
the term so vacated.

As to the Maryland State Board of Agriculture, see art 2 A.

Free Scholarships.

ST. MARY'S FEMALE SEMINARY, ST. MARY'S CITY, ST. MARY'S COUNTY.

1904, art. 77, sec. 174. 1868, ch. 193. 1896, ch. 61. 1898, ch. 379.

178. One scholar shall be taken from each of the counties and each
of the four legislative districts of Baltimore city, and shall be selected
by the examiner and boards of county school commissioners of the
respective counties, and the board of commissioners of public schools
in Baltimore city, for the four legislative districts of said city respec-
tively, without recourse to a competitive examination, so that the most
worthy and charitable may be selected; each pupil as selected to remain
for the space of three years, if not dismissed bv the trustees.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. ANNAPOLIS.
Ibid. sec. 175. 1878, ch. 315.

179. One scholar from each senatorial district of the State shall
be educated free of charge for tuition, board, fuel, lights and washing,
and shall be appointed by the board of school commissioners of the
several counties and city of Baltimore, bv and with the advice and con-
sent of the senator in their respective counties and senatorial districts,
after a competitive examination of the candidates for such appoint-
ments, who shall produce before the said commissioners satisfactory
evidence of their moral character, and of their inability or the inability
of their parents or guardians to pay the regular college charges; pro-
vided, that no one of the said appointments shall be held by the same
student for more than four years, unless the time of holding such
appointment be extended by the faculty of the college, and that each
student receiving such appointment shall pledge himself upon entering
the college that he will continue a student thereof for the full term of
four years, unless prevented by unavoidable necessity, and that he will
teach school within the State for not less than two years, immediately
after leaving college, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable.