434                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 275

forces and who were killed in action or who died as a result of
such service.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 49 (a) of Article 96 1/2 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1951 Edition), title "Veterans", sub-title "War Orphans", be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

49. "(a) (Children of Veterans.) Any child between the ages
of sixteen and twenty-three, inclusive, of any person who served in
the Armed forces of the United States and who was killed in action
or who died as a result of such service [between] after December 7,
1941 [and September 2, 1946, or during the present hostilities in
Korea], if such person was a resident of this State at the time of
his induction shall receive, upon application therefor to the State
Board of Education, State aid for tuition, matriculation fees, board,
room rent, books and supplies for such child attending any of the
following-named institutions approved by said Board: An educa-
tional or training institution of college grade or any other institu-
tion of higher learning or commercial training, a teachers college, a
vocational school or any accredited military preparatory school if
such beneficiary is preparing to enter the United States Military
Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy at An-
napolis or a United States Coast Guard Academy. Such grant may
be used for the matriculation fees of any such beneficiary at any
of said United States government academies.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1955.

Approved April 11, 1955.

CHAPTER 275
(Senate Bill 274)

AN ACT to add Section 5(d) to Article 35 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1954 Supplement), title "Evidence", sub-title "Com-
petency of Witnesses", said new section to follow immediately
after Section 5(c) thereof, making certain evidence admissible in
Wicomico County PRINCE GEORGE'S, HOWARD, WICOMICO
AND WORCESTER COUNTIES in the prosecution of any person
for violating the lottery laws as contained in Sections 423 to 438,
inclusive, of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951
Edition) as amended or supplemented from time to time, sub-title
"Lotteries."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5(d) be and it is hereby added to Article 35 of the

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