WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 352

(2) The bonds to evidence this loan or installments of this loan may be sold as a
single issue, or may be consolidated and sold as part of a single issue of bonds under §
8-122 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(3) The cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer and
first shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of issuing, selling, and delivering
the bonds, unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided, and then shall be
credited on the books of the Comptroller and expended, on approval by the Board of
Public Works, for the following public purposes, including any applicable architects'
and engineers' fees: as a grant to the County Council of Talbot County for the design,
site improvement, construction, and equipping of a new Talbot County Detention
Center.

(4) An annual State tax is imposed on all assessable property in the State in rate
and amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, as and when
due and until paid in full. The principal shall be discharged within 15 years after the
date of issue of the bonds.

(5) Prior to the payment of any funds under the provisions of this Act for the
purposes set forth in Section 1(3) above, the County Council of Talbot County shall
provide [at least an equal and] a matching fund of AT LEAST [$5,250,000] $4,539,000.
No part of an applicant's matching fund may be provided, either directly or indirectly,
from funds of the State, whether appropriated or unappropriated. No part of the fund
may consist of real property, in kind contributions, or funds expended prior to the
effective date of this Act. In case of any dispute as to what money or assets may qualify
as matching funds, the Board of Public Works shall determine the matter, and the
Board's decision is final. The County Council of Talbot County has until June 1, 1991,
to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public Works that the matching fund
will be provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall certify this fact to
the State Treasurer and the proceeds of the loan shall be expended for the purposes
provided in this Act. If this evidence is not presented by June 1, 1991, the proceeds of
the loan shall be applied to the purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1990.

Approved May 2, 1990.

CHAPTER 352
(House Bill 683)
AN ACT concerning

Nurse Midwives - Prescribing and Dispensing

FOR the purpose of specifying that the practice of nurse midwifery includes the
prescribing of certain substances; specifying that the practice of nurse midwifery
includes the dispensing of certain substances in the course of treating patients at

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