WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 119

and engineers' fees: as a grant to the Chipman Foundation for the restoration and
repair of the interior and exterior of the John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church,
which will be used as a museum of local history, a Black Cultural Center, and a public
meeting place.

(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 Chipman Foundation shall provide a
matching fund of not more than $150,000. 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 Chipman
Foundation has until June 1, [1990] 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, [1990] 1991, the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the
purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(6) No portion of the proceeds of the loan or any of the matching funds may be
used for the furtherance of sectarian religious instruction, or in connection with the
design, acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used as a place of
sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in connection with any program or
department of divinity for any religious denomination. Upon the request of the Board
of Public Works, the Chipman Foundation shall submit evidence satisfactory to the
Board that none of the proceeds of this loan or any matching funds have been or are
being used for a purpose prohibited by this Act.

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

Approved April 24, 1990.

CHAPTER 119
(Senate Bill 901)

AN ACT concerning

Belair Mansion Loan of 1983

FOR the purpose of amending the provisions of the Belair Mansion Loan of 1983, as

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