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(B) ONE-HALF SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO
"BACKSTRETCH" IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B)(2).

(2) AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO AT LEAST 6.5 PERCENT OF
THE THREE OR MORE HORSE MULTIPLE MUTUEL POOL ON ALL RACES
CONDUCTED DURING THE YEAR SHALL BE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS:

(I)    50 PERCENT TO PURSE MONEY; AND

(II)   50 PERCENT TO TRACK IMPROVEMENTS OF
WHICH:

(A)    ONE-HALF SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO
"GRANDSTAND" IMPROVEMENTS; AND

(B)    ONE-HALF SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO
"BACKSTRETCH" IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBES IN SUBSECTION (B)(2).

(3) THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH ALL ALLOCATIONS ARE
MADE, AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBSECTION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE HARNESS
RACING BOARD.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 848

(Senate Bill 1145)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine Regional Cancer Center

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt
in the amount of $1,500,000, the proceeds to be used
for the construction and equipping of an addition to
the Maryland Regional Cancer Center of the Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, subject to the

provision by __the Johns Hopkins University School of

Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University Hospital of
at least an equal and matching fund for the same
purpose; and providing generally for the issue and sale
of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and