ART. 77] FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. 1761

and shall be appointed by the school commissioners in said
senatorial district, by and with the advice and consent of the
senator in their respective senatorial districts, after a competi-
tive examination of the candidates; provided, that the said
appointment shall not be held by the same student for more
than four years, and that each student receiving such appoint-
ment shall give bond to the State of Maryland for such amount,
with such security as may be approved by the president of
said college that she will teach school within the State for not
less than two years after leaving college.

MARYLAND INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE CITY.

1902, ch. 512.

178. One free scholar shall be received from each county of
the State and one from each legislative district of Baltimore
city to be selected by the school commissioners of the counties
and Baltimore city, respectively.

WASHINGTON COLLEGE.

1896, ch. 63.

179. The visitors and governors of Washington college, in
the State of Maryland, shall have full power and authority to
establish in said college or seminary of learning a department
of pedagogy for the instruction and practise of teachers in the
science of education, the art of teaching and the mode of
governing schools, to which department students of both sexes
shall be admitted.

Ibid.

180. The visitors and governors of Washington college may
prescribe such a course of instruction, to be completed in not
less than three scholastic years, as the principal, vice-principal
and professors of Washington college in the State of Maryland
shall deem necessary for carrying into effect the true intent and
meaning of this act—the education of competent teachers for
the State of Maryland.

Ibid.

181. The visitors and governors of Washington college may,
in their discretion and in accordance with the provisions of
sections 11 and 12 of the original act of incorporation, of
which this act is intended to be a supplement, authorize the
issuing to the graduates of this department who may have
satisfactorily completed the prescribed course and who' have
attained the age which now is or may be hereafter prescribed