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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 770

(2)    THE APPOINTEE SHALL BE A PERSON WHO HAS
ACHIEVED NATIONAL EMINENCE IN HIS DISCIPLINE AS JUDGED BY
HIS PEERS;

(3)    THE "EMINENCE" OF THE APPOINTEE SHALL BE
JUDGED, GENERALLY, ON EVIDENCE OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND
PRODUCTIVE RESEARCH AS ATTESTED TO BY HIS PEERS. IN
CERTAIN INSTANCES THE "EMINENCE" OF THE APPOINTEE MAY BE
JUDGED ON THE BASIS OF ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT OR
DISTINGUISHED ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN AREAS WHICH LIE BEYOND
ACADEMIC ENDEAVOR BUT FOR WHICH THERE IS CONCRETE
EVIDENCE OF SUPERIOR TALENT.

(C)    IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE EMINENT SCHOLAR
PROGRAM THE STATE MAY [[PROVIDE IN THE BUDGET]]
CONTRIBUTE; FUNDS TO MATCH ENDOWMENTS OBTAINED BY EACH
INSTITUTION SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR THE EMINENT
SCHOLAR PROGRAM, [[BUT IN NO CASE MAY THE STATES
PARTICIPATION EXCEED $6,000 PER SCHOLAR.]] AS PROVIDED
FOR IN THE BUDGET.

(D)    EACH CHAIR DESIGNATED AS A POSITION FOR AN
EMINENT SCHOLAR SHALL BE FOLLY ENDOWED FOR THE INCUMBENCY
OF THE HOLDER OF THAT CHAIR.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 771

(House Bill 1453)

AN ACT concerning

The School Street and State Circle Loan of 1974

FOR the purpose of waiving the provisions of Section 7 of
Chapter 664 of the Acts of 1974, said section
relating to the time by which the State must
contract, or take other appropriate steps, for the
projects contained in the School Street and State
Circle Loan of 1974.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the provisions of Section 7 of Chapter 664
of the Acts of 1974, be and they are hereby waived,
insofar as they impose a time for placing under contract,
or taking other appropriate steps for, the items
contained in Section 5 of Chapter 664 of the Acts of 1974