2298 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 348
CHAPTER 348
(Senate Bill 512)
AN ACT concerning
Creation of a State Debt -
The Walters Art Gallery Loan of 1984
FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $1,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant
to the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the purpose
of renovating, altering, and equipping the Walters Art
Gallery, subject to the condition that the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore provide a matching fund of a certain
type and amount for the same purpose by a certain date;
providing that certain easements be granted to the Maryland
Historical Trust; 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 incur
indebtedness on behalf of the State of Maryland through a State
loan to be known as the Walters Art Gallery Loan of 1984 in the
aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000. This loan shall be
evidenced by the issuance and sale of State general obligation
bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of Public Works and
issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the provisions of
§§ 19 to 23 of Article 31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1983
Replacement Volume, as amended from time to time).
(2) The bonds issued to evidence this loan or installments
thereof may be sold as a single issue, or may be consolidated and
sold as part of a single issue of bonds under § 2B of Article 31
of the Code.
(3) The actual cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall
be paid to the Treasurer and shall be first applied to the
payment of the expenses of issuing and delivering the bonds
unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided and
thereafter shall be credited on the books of the State
Comptroller and expended, upon approval by the Board of Public
Works, for the following public purposes, including any
applicable architects' and engineers' fees: as a grant to the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for the purpose of
renovating, altering, and equipping the Walters Art Gallery.
(4) There is hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax
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, such principal to be
discharged within fifteen years of the date of issue of the
bonds.
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