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and additional to powers conferred upon the board of trustees of the
State Colleges by other laws and shall not be regarded as in deroga-
tion of any power now existing; and all laws of the General Assem-
bly of Maryland heretofore passed authorizing the board of turstees
TRUSTEES of the State colleges to issue bonds (whether such author-
ity is for the same or other purposes) are hereby continued to the ex-
tent that the powers contained in such laws have not heretofore been
exercised, cancelled, recinded or repealed, and nothing contained in
such sections shall be construed to impair, in any way whatsoever,
the validity of any bonds which may have been issued by the board of
trustees of the State colleges.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July JUNE 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 568
(Senate Bill 324)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 284G, 284H and 284H-1 of Article 77
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume
and 1968 Supplement), title "Public Education," subtitle "Chapter
27A. State Scholarship Board," and to enact new Section 284G in
lieu thereof, to stand in the place of the sections repealed, to pro-
vide for a General State Scholarship program to replace the pro-
gram of General State Scholarship Program and the Teacher-
Education Program; to provide for when the new program shall
go into effect; to provide for the phasing out of the present Gen-
eral State Scholarship Program and Teacher-Education Program;
and to provide in general for the method of awarding scholarships
under the new program, the amounts to be awarded and the in-
stitutions at which such scholarships may be used.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 284G, 284H and 284H-1 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1968 Supplement), title
"Public Education," subtitle "Chapter 27A. State Scholarship Board,"
be and they are hereby repealed, and that new Section 284G be and
it is hereby enacted in lieu thereof to stand in the place of the section
so repealed, and to read as follows:

(a)  Eligible institutions. In addition to any other scholarships
that may be awarded or provided for under other provisions of this
Article, there shall be a program of general scholarships under the
provisions of this section. Eligible institutions are those degree-
granting institutions of higher education within this State whose
curricula are approved by the State Department of Education.

(b)  Qualifications of recipient. Any award to be made according
to the provisions of this subtitle shall be given only to an applicant
who has met the following conditions: (1) that he shall have passed,