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and liabilities thereof, of whatsoever nature and description, shall he
devolved upon the said consolidation and merged corporation.1
As to state board of agriculture, see art. 2A.

Free Scholarships.2

ST. MAEY'S FEMALE SEMINARY, ST. MARY'S CITY, ST. MAEY'S COUNTY.
An. Code, sec. 178. 1904, sec. 174. 1868, ch. 193. 1896, ch. 61. 1898, ch. 379.

241. 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 respectively, without
recourse to a competitive examination, so that the most worthy and charita-
ble may be selected; each pupil as selected to remain for the space of three
years, if not dismissed by the trustees.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS.
An. Code, sec. 179. 1904, sec. 175. 1878, ch. 315.

242. 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, by and with the advice and consent of the
senator in their respective counties and senatorial districts, after a com-
petitive examination of the candidates for such appointments, 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; provided, 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 stu-
dent thereof for the full term of four years, unless prevented by unavoid-
able 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.

1 The act of 1916, ch. 372, incorporates the Maryland State College of Agriculture, pro-
vides for trustees thereof and their meetings, for the officers of said college and their
salaries, prescribes the powers of the trustees and officers, confers upon the state college
of agriculture all endowments now owned by the Maryland Agricultural College, imposes
upon the former all the powers and duties devolving upon the latter, names the state
college of agriculture to receive appropriations and grants coming from the United States
government, and vests in said corporation all property used or operated by, or in the
possession of, the Maryland Agricultural College and the Maryland Agricultural Experi-
ment Station, and provides that the attorney-general of Maryland shall be the legal
adviser of the trustees.

The act of 1916, ch. 225, directs the Governor to appoint the same persons upon the
board of trustees of the Maryland State College of Agriculture and the state board
of agriculture.

2 Ch, 90 of the acts of 1912 provides for certain scholarships at the Johns Hopkins
University from the several counties and legislative districts of Baltimore city.