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82. St. John's College, Annapolis; Washington College, Ches-
tertown; the Maryland Agricultural College, Prince George's
county, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Law
School shall constitute the University of Maryland, to be con-
trolled and governed as may be directed.

83. The Law School of the University of Maryland shall be
located at Annapolis, and be connected with St. John's College,
Annapolis, with the consent of the Board of Visitors of said col-
lege; and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropri-
ated, to be paid by the Treasurer upon the warrant of the
Comptroller, on the first day of April in each year, to the Board
of Visitors of St. John's College, to aid in supporting the Law
School, whenever it shall be organized to the satisfaction of the
State Board of Education; for every one hundred dollars granted
to the Law School, one pupil, a graduate of one of the colleges
of the University of Maryland, appointed by the State Board of
Education, shall enjoy all the privileges of lectures and other
instruction free of charge.

84. Graduates of the high schools of the city of Baltimore,
and of the several counties, shall always have preference for
appointments to the privileges of free tuition in college; such
appointments shall be made by the president of the board of
school commissioners on the first day of July in each year; all
applicants shall be examined and their fitness determined by the
faculty of the college to which they are appointed, and those
who are not graduates of high schools must present satisfactory
certificates of scholastic ability, industry and good morals, before
they can be examined for admission to any college.

85. These appointments shall be divided by the State Board
of Education, who shall also designate the colleges to which
students from the city of Baltimore and the several counties
shall be admitted, among the counties and the city of Baltimore,
according to representation in the General Assembly, and in
case the city of Baltimore or any county does not by the first
day of September, avail itself of the privilege of nominating
students, then the vacancies may be filled by the State Board of