1760 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77

and charitable 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.

1878, ch. 315.

175. 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 competitive
examination of the candidates for such appointments, who
shall produce before the said commissioners satisfactory evi-
dence of their moral character, and of their inability or the
inability of their parents or guardians to pay the regular col-
lege 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 student thereof for the full term of four
years, unless prevented by unavoidable 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.

WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE, WESTMINSTER.

1878, ch. 239. 1886, ch. 499. 1898, ch. 106.

176. One male student 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 school com-
missioners in said senatorial district, by and with the advice
and consent of the senator in their respective senatorial dis-
tricts after a competitive examination of the candidates; pro-
vided, that the said appointment shall not be held by the same
student for more than four years, and that each student receiv-
ing such appointment shall give bond to the State of Maryland
for such amount, with such security as may be approved of by
the president of said college, that he will teach school within
this State for not less than two years after leaving college.

1898, ch. 106.

", 177. One female student from each senatorial district of this
State shall be educated free of charge for board and tuition,