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directed to pay to the order of the board of trustees
of Western Maryland College the sum of twenty-
six hundred dollars annually, on and after the first
day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,
for and daring the term of two years.
SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer, on
the warrant of the Comptroller, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the said board of	Treasurer di- rected to pay.
trustees of Western Maryland College the sum of
five thousand two hundred dollars per annum, pay-
able quarterly, to be applied by them in furnishing board, fuel, lights and washing to one student to be	One student
educated free of charge for tuition from each Sena-	from each senatorial dis-
torial District of this State, and appointed by the	trict
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 stu-	Shall not be
dent for more than four years, and that each student	held.
receiving such appointment, shall give his bond to the State of Maryland for such amount with such se-
curity as may be approved of by the president of said College, that he will teach school within this State	That he will teach.
for not less than two years after leaving College.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall	In force.
take effect from the date of its passage.
Approved April 5, 1878.

CHAPTER 240. AN ACT to enable the County Commissioners of Washington county to protect its interests as cred- itor of and guarantor for the Western Maryland Railroad Company.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the County Commissioners of Washington county be and they are hereby author-	Commission- ers authoriz'd to purchase bonds.