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on the graded list (provided always that he has a passing grade)
shall be certified. If in any county or legislative district there are
fewer applicants than its quota either available for certification or
able to accept or use the scholarship, the number by which the quota
is unfilled shall be added to the total for certification on the A State-
wide list, SELECTED FROM THE UNFILLED QUOTAS OF ANY
COUNTY OR LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT ON THE BASIS OF THE
HIGHEST GRADES. It is the legislative intent that applicants be
certified for the full number of scholarships, and that vacancies and
unfilled scholarships and unused funds be distributed so long as the
requirements of this section are observed.

(e). Any applicant certified for a scholarship in education may
place the certification for the next ensuing scholastic year with any
one of the several eligible institutions as defined in Sub-section (b)
of this Section. The institution at its discretion may reject the
applicant according to its admission standards, or if he appears by
reason of character, temperament or other cause to be of unsatis-
factory potential as a teacher in the public school system of this
State. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE RESPECTIVE
INSTITUTIONS IN ACCEPTING SAID APPLICANTS SHALL
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF THE SEVERAL
APPLICANTS AND NO APPLICANT WHOSE PARENTS OR
GUARDIANS ARE ABLE TO PAY SAID TUITION AND/OR
BOARD SHALL BE ACCEPTED. Once appointed to a scholarship
and accepted by one of the eligible institutions, the applicant may
hold it for four years subject to the following conditions: (1) THAT
HE GIVE A BOND TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND, IN SUCH
AMOUNT AND WITH SUCH SECURITY AS MAY BE AP-
PROVED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ELIGIBLE INSTITU-
TION, THAT HE WILL TEACH IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
THIS STATE FOR NOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS AFTER
LEAVING THE ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION,

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SIX HUNDRED AND
EIGHT applicants may be certified for and placed in scholarships
in education. Thereafter the program shall continue from year to
year, subject to the same annual and overall maximum figures.

(g). Funds for the granting of scholarships in education shall be
included in the Budget from year to year, to be administered by the
State Department of Education. Each applicant shall be allowed as
a maximum the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.) for each
scholastic year during which he conforms to the requirements of this
section. The payment shall be made to the institution, if its regular
charges for the particular applicant are less than this sum for the
scholastic year, the institution shall be paid the full amount due it
and the remainder of the maximum five hundred dollar allowance