HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    2581

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 N.
M. Carroll United Methodist Home for the Aged, Inc. for the
purpose of the construction and equipping of the housing
facilities of the N. M. Carroll United Methodist Home for the
Aged, Inc. in Baltimore City.

(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)  Prior to the payment of any funds under the provisions
of this Act for the purposes set forth in Section 1(3) above, the
N. M. Carroll United Methodist Home for the Aged, Inc. shall
provide at least an equal and matching fund of $1,500,000
$750,000. No part of an applicant's matching fund may be
provided, either directly or indirectly, from funds of the State,
whether appropriated or unappropriated. No part of the fund may
consist of real property, in kind contributions, or funds
expended prior to the effective date of this Act. In case of any
dispute as to what money or assets may qualify as matching funds,
the Board of Public Works shall determine the matter, and the
Board's decision is final. The N. M. Carroll United Methodist
Home for the Aged, Inc. has until June 1, 1986, to present
evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public Works that the
matching fund will be provided. If satisfactory evidence is
presented, the Board shall certify this fact to the State
Treasurer and the proceeds of the loan shall be expended for the
purposes provided in this Act. If this evidence is not presented
by June 1, 1986, the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the
purposes authorized in Article 78A, § 3 of the Code.

(6) No portion of the proceeds of the loan or any of the
matching funds may be used for the furtherance of sectarian
religious instruction, or in connection with the design,
acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used
as a place of sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in
connection with any program or department of divinity for any
religious denomination. Upon the request of the Board of Public
Works, N. M. Carroll United Methodist Home for the Aged, Inc.
shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the
proceeds of this loan or any matching funds have been or are
being used for a purpose prohibited by this Act.

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

Approved May 15, 1984.