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officers of said fire companies to appear before them and
to show to the satisfaction of said Commissioners that
any sums of money paid by the said Commissioners to the
said fire companies under this sub-title have been
expended for the purposes set forth in this sub—title and
also that said respective fire companies are active fire
fighting organizations. In the event any of the fire
companies hereinbefore mentioned cease to remain active
fire fighting organizations, or have not used the moneys
appropriated to them for the sole purposes set forth in
this sub—title, then the County Commissioners are
authorized and directed to allocate such unexpended funds
to the Contingent Fund of Dorchester County.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved February 22, 1974.

CHAPTER 18
(House Bill 173)
AN ACT concerning

Higher Education — Tuition Waiver

FOR the purpose of authorizing certain students who
attend or who graduated in academic year 1973—1974
from the State Colleges or the University of
Maryland under a tuition waiver or remission of fees
program to satisfy their obligation to teach in
certain alternative ways, authorizing the Board of
Trustees of the State Colleges and the Board of
Regents of the University of Maryland to defer
commencement of such obligation and to excuse
liability thereunder under certain circumstances,
and relating generally to the tuition waiver and
remission of fees programs.

BY adding to

Article 77A — Higher Education

Sections 12(g-1), 12 (g-2) , 12(g-3) and 27AE

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)