ART. 77] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE—FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. 1759

and such grants and bequests shall be exempt from all State
and county taxes.

1888, art. 77, sec. 109. 1872, ch. 377

172. Moneys invested in trust for the benefit of the public
schools for any county or city shall be exempt from State,
county or local tax.

Maryland Agricultural College.

1856, ch. 97. 1858, ch. 265. 1866, ch. 53. 1880, ch 231. 1888, ch. 326.

1904, ch. 537.

173. The board of trustees of the Maryland Agricultural Col-
lege shall be constituted as follows : There shall be eighteen
trustees, five of whom shall be elected by a majority of the
private stockholders of said college, in the manner now
provided by law, and the following six named persons shall
represent the State interest in said board, namely, the gov-
ernor, 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 pursuits, who shall be
appointed by the governor, by'and with the consent 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 Febru-
ary, 1888, and thereafter the term of all such appointments
shall be for the term of six years, except that appointments to
fill vacancies occuring otherwise than by expiration of term,
shall be only for the unexpired portion of the term so vacated.

Free Scholarships.

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

1868, ch. 193. 1896, ch. 61. 1898, ch. 379.

174. 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