996 ARTICLE 77.

Free Scholarships.

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

An. Code, 1924, sec. 241. 1912, sec. 178. 1904, sec. 174. 1868, ch. 193.
1896, ch. 61. 1898, ch. 379. 1929, ch. 202.

241. One scholar shall be taken from each of the counties and each of
the six 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 six legislative districts of said city respectively, without
recourse to a competitive examination, so that the most worthy and chari-
table may be selected; each pupil as selected to remain for the space of
four years, if not dismissed by the trustees.

243.

No obligation assumed by state to see that person giving bond under this
section be given a teaching position. Metcalf v. Cook, Daily Record, April 17
1935.

HOW AWARDED.

1933, ch. 241.

257A. All scholarships to Blue Ridge College, Charlotte Hall, Mary-
land Institute, St. John's College, St. Mary's Female Seminary, Washing-
ton College and Western Maryland College, to which the Senatorial Dis-
tricts of Baltimore City and Kent, Queen Anne's and Dorchester Counties
are entitled under the preceding sections of this sub-title, or under any
other provision of law, shall be awarded by the State Senator of the
¹ Legislative District and of Kent, Queen Anne's and Dorchester Counties
entitled thereto. The said scholarships shall be awarded only after com-
petitive examinations given by the said respective institutions and from
the list of successful applicants passing said examinations, the said list
to be furnished to the respective Senators by the respective institutions
with the grades of each/applicant. Provided, however, that the said re-
spective Senators, in making said appointments, shall take into considera-
tion the financial condition of the parents or guardians of the several
applicants, and no applicant whose parents or guardians are able to pay
said tuition and/or board shall be appointed. All laws inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of such incon-

sistency.
Vocational Rehabilitation.

1929, ch. 201, sec. 265.

265. In order to provide for the vocational rehabilitation of physically
disabled persons, there is hereby established, under the direction and con-
trol of the State Board of Education, a division for the vocational rehabili-