1174                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 652

tion to the Board of Public Works together with its report that the
project has been approved by the State Department of Health, and
that the Board of Public Works should make available the necessary
funds as provided hereunder.

(d) The Board of Public Works shall make allocations from
moneys available under this Act as follows:

(1)    To every nursing home receiving such a Federal grant, a
supplementary sum toward the cost of the same project, subject
to the limitation that the State and Federal grants combined shall
not exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum (66-2/3%) of the
total construction cost and equipping of any nursing home; or

(2)    To every nursing home eligible for grants under this Act,
when Federal Funds are not available, subject to the limitations
cited in sub-section (c) of this section.

The Board shall certify the allocation of State funds to the Treas-
urer of the State, and the Treasurer shall make them available to
the nursing home when needed for the construction of the project.

(a) The Board of Public Works is authorized, in its discretion,
to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for receiving such
petitions from public and other non-profit nursing homes in this
State, and for the consideration of petitions and disbursing of the
funds to the petitioning public and other non-profit nursing homes,
within the spirit and intent of this Act.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That until all of the interest
on and principals of any Certificates issued under this Act have been
paid in full, there is hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessable property at
the rate to be determined in the following manner: On or before
May 1, 1967, and on or before May 1st of each calendar FISCAL year
thereafter, the Board of Public Works shall certify to the governing
bodies of each of the Counties and of Baltimore City the rate of State
tax on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessable property be
payable to the close of the next ensuing calendar FISCAL year on all
Certificates theretofore issued on theretofore authorized by resolution
of the Board of Public Works to be issued, and the governing bodies
of each of the Counties and Baltimore City shall forthwith levy
and collect such a tax at such a 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 if any funds provided
by this Act shall not have been contracted for within ten years from
the effective date of this Act, then such funds shall be deemed to
have been abandoned. If the total loan authorized herein shall have
been issued within ten years from the effective date of this Act,
then the amount specified herein for said abandoned funds shall be
transferred to the Annuity Bond Fund and shall be applied to the
debt service requirements of the State. If, however, the total loan
authorized herein shall not have been issued within five years from
the effective date of this Act, then the total issuable Certificates of
Indebtedness authorized herein shall be reduced by the amount
specified herein for said abandoned funds.