HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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$161,000. 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
Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities for the
purpose of the restoration, reequipping, renovation,
reconstruction, and improvement of the Rodgers Tavern in
Perryville, Maryland.

(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.

(5) The Society for the Preservation of Maryland
Antiquities shall grant and convey a perpetual preservation
easement on the exterior and interior of the structures, where
appropriate, and on the land to the Maryland Historical Trust, in
form and substance acceptable to the Trust.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 435
(House Bill 655)
AN ACT concerning

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