PUBLIC EDUCATION 2983

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, ANNAPOLIS.
An. Code, 1924, sec. 242. 1912, sec. 179. 1904, sec. 175. 1878, ch. 315.

237. 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.

1939, ch. 423.

238. (1) All scholarships to St. John's College, to which the Legis-
lative Districts of Baltimore City and the several Counties of Maryland
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 Legis-
lative District or of the County entitled thereto on or before the first day
of September in the year in which the scholarship is to become effective,
to a resident of the Legislative District or County under such conditions
with respect to competitive examinations and financial standing of the
applicants as may be in force under existing law.

(2) In the event that any one of the said scholarships to St. John's
College is vacated during an academic year by reason of the withdrawal
of the holder from the College, the State Senator of the Legislative Dis-
trict or of the County from which the holder was appointed shall have the
power to make an interim award of the vacated scholarship for the unex-
pired portion of the year, at his discretion, to any deserving resident of
the Legislative District or County qualified to study at the College, and
such interim award shall be accepted by the College in satisfaction of
(a) in the case of Full Senatorial Scholarships originally awarded under
Section 237, the tuition, room, and board fees of the interim appointee
accruing on or after the date of the interim award or (b) in the case of
Tuition Scholarships originally awarded under Chapter 547 of the Laws
of Maryland of 1892, the tuition fees of the interim appointee accruing
on or after the date of the interim award.

(3) In the event that any one of the said scholarships to St. John's
College shall not be awarded to any person on or before the first day of
September in the year in which the scholarship should become effective,
such scholarship shall remain open, and in the event of its being awarded
at a later date in accordance with the existing laws, such award shall be
accepted by the College in satisfaction of (a) in the case of Full Sena-
torial Scholarships, the tuition, room, and board fees of the scholarship