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connected with civil defense AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.

CHAPTER 667

(House Bill 264)

AN ACT concerning

Higher Education — Scholarships

FOR the purpose of establishing a State scholarship
program for certain veterans in [[State colleges]]
certain colleges in Maryland.

BY adding to

[(Article 771 - Higher Education

Section 59A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)]]

Article 96 1/2 — Veterans

Section 51

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1964 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section [[59A be and it is hereby
added to Article 77A — Higher Education, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1974
Supplement) to read as follows:]] 51 be and it is hereby
added to Article 96 1/2 — Veterans, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1964 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
[[to be under the subtitle "Southeast Asia Prisoners of
War and Missing in Action"]] to read as follows:

[[Article 77A — Higher Education]]
Article 96 1/2 - Veterans

[[59A]] 51.

THERE IS CREATED A STATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM TO BE
ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE SCHOLARSHIP BOARD FOR THE
BENEFIT OF ALL VIETNAM ERA MARYLAND VETERANS WHO ARE