ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 995

SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the State Board
of Education may prescribe rules and regulations for the ad-
ministration of this Act not inconsistent therewith and that
the educational opportunities provided for in Section 4 shall
not be available after July 1, 1926.

SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That the services pro-
vided for in Section 4 shall be paid for by the State on the basis
of the actual increased cost of operation in excess of the cost
of the institution if such legislation had not been passed, and
not at the ordinary rate of individual courses. The students
coming under the provision of Section 14 shall be exempt from
the payment of late registration fees upon their first entrance
at an institution subsequent to the passage of this Act. The
acceptance of the bonus provided for in Section 3 shall preclude
any person from availing himself of the privileges of Section 4
unless he shall first return to the State Treasury the bonus re-
ceived.

SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That Section 4 shall be
construed liberally and the State Board of Education shall ex-
tend the privileges thereby conferred to all persons who in its
opinion come within the spirit and purpose therof. Any cleri-
cal assistance required by the State Board of Education to
carry out the provisions of this Act may be secured on approval
of the Military Service Recognition Board, created under the
provisions of this Act, said clerical assistance to be paid for
out of the monies to be raised for the carrying into effect the
provisions of this Act.

Sec. 17. And be it futher enacted, That no person shall be
eligible for any benefit accuring under this Act who (1) shall
have received a dishonorable discharge from the service of the
United States, or (2) shall have, at any time during the period
of the war with Germany, sought to avoid service because of
conscientious objection thereto, or because of alienage, provided
that this restriction is not to apply to those persons who on
account of the religious belief of the Church in which they were
reared were first placed in a deferred classification by the Draft
Board, but who later waived all claims to such exemptions ana
honorably performed military duty in the service of the United
States, or (3) who shall have been at any time guilty of any
fraud or willful violation or evasion of the selective ser-
vice act or of the rules and regulations of the War Department
in force thereunder, or (4) who shall have, though inducted