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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

Effective.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take .effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved April 2, 1896.

CHAPTER 188.

AN ACT to appropriate a certain sum of money for the aid
of Washington College.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, Female students have for the past five years been
admitted as day students at Washington College, and have
eagerly availed themselves of the privilege; and

Preamble.

WHEREAS, There are now a number of females throughout
the counties of the Eastern Shore desirous of entering as stu-
dents, but cannot be received for want of means to provide the
necessary accommodation for female boarders; and

Preamble.

WHEREAS, The establishment of a normal department in.
Washington College has been authorized by the General Assem-
bly of the State, and is about to be put in operation; therefore,

Appropria-
tion,.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That the Treasurer, on the warrant of the Comptroller,
be, and is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Visitors
and Governors of Washington College on the first day of June,
1896, the sum of $5,000, to be applied in aid of the erection of
a suitable building upon the college grounds for the reception
of female boarding students.

Annual
appropria-
tion.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer, on the war-
rant of the Comptroller, be, and he is hereby authorized and
directed, in addition to the sum now annually paid to the Visit-
ors and Governors of Washington College, to pay to the said
Visitors and Governors the further sum of $1,000 annually on
and after the first day of June, 1896.

Free tuition
to female
students.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That in consideration of the said
annual appropriation of $1,000, the said Visitors and Govern-
ors of said college shall supply free tuition and books in the
normal department to one indigent female student from each
county of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and such student
shall present a certificate of appointment from the Board of
County School Commissioners of the county from which she
comes, and that she is a graduate of a public school, and that