To provide merit scholarships to rising sophomore medical students at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta from Johnson or Lauren Counties in the State of Georgia to be renewed annually based on merit. If the scholarship cannot be awarded for a period of four years due to the fact that no students are from Johnson or Lauren Counties, then the Scholarship Committee of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta may award to a student from Trutlen, Telfair, Dodge, Emanuel, Washington, Wilkinson, Bleckly, Pulaski, Baldwin, Wheeler or Twiggs Counties. If there are no students from any of the above counties available then the Scholarship Committee could award from any rural County in the State of Georgia.