386                              Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 119

State grants shall be used to supplement Federal grants in such a
manner that grants from these combined State and Federal sources
provide not more than 67% of the total eligible construction and
equipment costs of any nursing home.

(2) Any State grants made within limitation (1) or from State
funds only shall not exceed 50% of the total construction and equip-
ment costs of any nursing home.

The petition in the first instance shall be directed to the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene and, upon the approval of the plans
by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, the said Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene shall promptly report the petition
to the Board of Public Works, together with its report that the
project has been approved both by the Surgeon General of the United
States or other lawful Federal authority under the provisions of
said Subchapter IV, as amended from time to time, and by the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, and that the Board of
Public Works should make available the necessary matching funds
as provided hereunder. For projects in which only State funds are
to be used, the said Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall
promptly report the petition to the Board of Public Works, together
with its report that the project has been approved by the Secretary
of Health and Mental Hygiene, 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 a nursing home receiving 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 67%
of the total construction and equipment costs 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 subsection (c) of this section.

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

(e)  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 nonprofit nursing homes in this
State and for the consideration of petitions and disbursing of the
funds to the petitioning public and other nonprofit nursing homes,
within the spirit and intent of this Act.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, until all of the interest
on and principals PRINCIPAL of any bonds issued under this Act
shall have been paid in full, there is hereby levied and imposed an
annual State tax on each One Hundred Dollars ($100,00) $100 of
assessable property at the rate to be determined in the following
manner: On or before May 1, 1973, and on or before May 1st 1 of
each taxable 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 One Hundred Dollars ($100,00) $100
of assessable property necessary to produce revenue to meet interest