LLOYD LOWKDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
to sell, transfer, assign and convey, in the manner set forth in

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sections one and two of this Act, all the right and interest of
the State of Maryland, in or to the capital stock of the Balti-
more and Potomac Railroad Company, at the discretion of the
said Board of Public Works, at such price and for cash or
State bonds as said board may determine, and said mortgage
and annuity shall remain exempt from State, county and
municipal taxation in the hands of the purchaser or purchasers
or his or their assigns, as if the same were still held and owned
by the State of Maryland.

Authorized
to sell, etc.,
certain
rights and
interests.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect
from the date of its passage, and all Acts or parts of Acts incon-
sistent therewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved April 9, 1898.

CHAPTER 379.
AN ACT to appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred
dollars to the St. Mary's Female Seminary, for the support
and education of sixteen free scholars in said institution, in
addition to those already in said institution under the endow-
ment of 1868, chapter 193.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-

Effective.

land, That the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars be and the
same is hereby appropriated to the St. Mary's Female Semi-
nary in St. Mary's county, Maryland, for the support and edu-
cation of sixteen pupils to said institution, in addition to the
ten now receiving the same under the endowment Act passed
at the January session of 1868, chapter 193, as hereinafter
provided.

SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That in consideration of said appro-

Appropria-
tion.

priation there shall be admitted sixteen additional pupils to all
the instructions given in the said seminary, all necessary books,
and all other advantages therein, free of any charge whatever.
SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the said sixteen additional free
scholars with the ten now receiving the advantages under the

Sixteen addi-
tional pupils
admitted.

said endowment Act shall be taken from each of the counties
and each of the three legislative districts of Baltimore city,
and shall be selected by the examiner and Boards of County
School Commissioners of the respective counties and the Board
of Commissioners of Public Schools in Baltimore city, for the
three legislative districts of said city respectively, without

Manner of
selecting
scholars.