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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 336

one county the number of scholarship units shall be
divided as equally as possible among the qualifying
students in each of the counties comprising the
senatorial district.

57.

(b) 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,] TAKEN in the academic year
preceding 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 the Board, except
that when an award is made to a student who is already
attending an institution of higher learning and who has
completed one academic year at said institution 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 political
subdivision from which he seeks appointment, except as
otherwise provided in this section, (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, and (5) that he shall have demonstrated, in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the State
Scholarship Board, the requisite financial need.
Definite financial need shall be a prerequisite to
receiving a scholarship under the provisions of this
section. No person shall be awarded or hold a
scholarship under the provisions of this section if he
holds any other scholarship awarded under the provisions
of this article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 337
(Senate Bill 601)
AN ACT concerning