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an auditorium on the campus of St. John's College in Annapolis shall
be contingent upon the provision by St. John's College of at least an
equal and matching fund from other sources. The said College shall
have until January 1, 1958, to present evidence satisfactory to the
Board of Public Works that it has raised at least one-half of this
equal and matching fund toward the construction of an auditorium.
Upon receiving from the Board of Public Works a certification of
such suitable evidence on or before January, 1958, the Treasurer of
the State is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to proceed
to spend the proceeds of said loan agreeably to the other provisions
of this Act. If such satisfactory evidence of the raising of at least an
equal and matching fund is not presented to the Board of Public
Works on or before January 1, 1958, no funds under the provisions
of this Act shall thereafter be paid over to or expended for the con-
struction of an auditorium on the campus of St. John's College in
Annapolis.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted. That until all of the interest on
and principal of any certificates issued under this Act have been
paid in full, there is hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax
on each $100 of assessable property at the rate to be determined in
the following manner; on or before December 1, 1956, and on or
before December 1 in each calendar year thereafter, the Board of
Public Works shall certify to the governing bodies of each of the
counties and Baltimore City the rate of State tax on each $100 of
assessable property necessary to produce revenues to meet all in-
terest and principal which will be payable to the close of the next
ensuing calendar year on all certificates theretofore issued or there-
tofore authorized by resolution of the Board of Public Works to be
issued, and the governing bodies of each of the counties and Balti-
more City shall forthwith levy and collect such tax at such rate.

All matters committed by this Act to the discretion of the Board
of Public Works shall be determined by a majority of said Board.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted,. That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1956.

Approved March 26, 1956.

CHAPTER 116

(Senate Bill 122)

AN ACT to add Sections 100 to 107, inclusive, to Article 35 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1955 Supple-
ment), title "Evidence", to follow immediately after Section 99
thereof and to be under the new sub-title "Wire-tapping", and
to add Section 670A to Article 27 of the Code (1951 Edition), title

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Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.