162 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS (Jan. 29

offering increased facilities lo students xor more ad-
vanced work.

CLAIM UPON THE STATE.

The college has a stronger claim for financial assis-
tance from the State of Maryland than any other col-
lege in this State, inasmuch as the estimated equita-
ble claim of the college upon the State for unpaid
arrearages amounted to $200,000.00 in 1866, and it was
the understanding of all parties concerned that the
grant of $12,000.00 per annum, made by the Act of
1866, chapter 101, was nothing more or less than the
grant of six per cent, (the legal rate of interest) on this
sum. This Act was repealed in 1880, notwithstanding
the implied intention that the grant would be renewed
from time to time, so long as the .college continued
faithfully to carry out the objects of its incorporation.

Furthermore it is important to observe that a reso-
lution of 1832 provided that the Governor, the Presi-
dent of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Dele-
gates, and the Judges of the Court of Appeals, should
be ex-officio members of the Board of Visitors and
Governors, thus formally confirming and acknowledg-
ing the institution to be the ward of the State.
SENATORIAL AND FEEE SCHOLARSHIPS.

The college has for years sought to cultivate and
establish intimate relations with the public schools,
and at present receives into its classes free of all
charges for tuition, seventy three (73) pupils from the
public and private schools of the State, and the only
reason why a larger number is not received, is because
the Legislature has withheld the means to render this
possible.

Under the Acts of 1872, chapter 303, and 1878, chap-
ter 315, twenty-six (26) students, one from each. Sena-
torial district of this State are boarded free, on condi-
tion that they shall teach school within the State for
two years after leaving college.

Under the Act of 1894, chapter 203, by which a
special appropriation of $6,000.00 was granted to the
college, these scholars also receive gratuitous educa-
tion, and in addttion to the above other twenty-six
(26) are also educated free of charge.