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SEC. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT THIS ACT
IS HEREBY DECLARED TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE
AND NECESSARY FOR THE IMMEDIATE PRESERVATION OF
THE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND SAFETY AND HAVING BEEN
PASSED BY A YEA AND NAY VOTE SUPPORTED BY THREE-
FIFTHS OF ALL THE MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH OF THE
TWO HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SAME
SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE.

Approved May 24, 1971.

CHAPTER 668
(Senate Bill 644)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 36, 57
(b) 57 (e) and 61 (c) SECTION 36 of Article 77A of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1970 Sup-
plement), title "Higher Education," subtitle "Scholarships,"
amending the laws concerning the award of certain scholarships
with particular respect to the determination of the financial need
of the applicant and of the powers and duties of the State Schol-
arship Board in relation thereto. TO CHANGE THE REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR DETERMINING THE FINANCIAL NEED OF
APPLICANTS FOR AWARD OF SENATORIAL SCHOLAR-
SHIPS.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 36, 57 (b), 57 (e) and 61 (c) SECTION 36 of Article
77A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume
and 1970 Supplement), title "Higher Education," subtitle "Scholar-
ships," be and they are IT IS hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, and all to read as follows:

36.

Any award to be made according to the provisions of this subtitle
shall be given only to an applicant who has met the following con-
ditions: (1) That he shall have passed, in the academic year preced-
ing that for which the award is to be made, a competitive examination
to be administered by the State Scholarship Board in accordance
with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by that Board,
the pertinent results of which shall be transmitted to the respective
appointing authorities, except that when an award is made to a
student who is already enrolled in an institution of higher learning
and has completed one year of study in good academic standing, the
requirement for an examination is waived, (2) that he shall have
been, at the time of the examination, a resident of the State and of
the senatorial district or subdistrict of the State from which he seeks
appointment, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this article,
(3) that he shall have been accepted for admission to the regular
undergraduate program of the institution at which the award is to
be used and (4) that he shall have accepted any other conditions
attached to the granting of the award by the law or by regulations
adopted pursuant thereto. The respective appointing authorities, in