The sum of $750.00 is hereby appropriated annually to each state institution of higher learning described in Section 16-31-1 for each scholarship awarded by any such institution as provided in this chapter, which appropriation shall be paid from the Education Trust Fund; provided, that in the fall of each school year no more than 150 such scholarships shall be provided under this section.
Ala. Code § 16-31-4 (1975)