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(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 15 years of the date of issue of the bonds.

(5)  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, before a
State agency or institution named in this Act as responsible for
an individual item may begin work with funds secured under this
Act, the agency or institution shall provide satisfactory
assurances to the Board of Public Works that the work described
in the individual item can be completed with the funds specified
for that item.

(6)  If federal funds are available to help accomplish any
project identified in this Act, the State agency or institution
responsible for the project shall make efforts through proper
administrative procedures to obtain these federal funds. Before
spending any funds secured under this Act, the agency or
institution shall certify its efforts to the Board of Public
Works and state the reason for any failure to obtain federal
funds. If federal funds are obtained, they shall be used to
defray the costs of the project described in this Act, not to
expand its scope.

(7)  For any project listed in Section 1(3) of this Act for
which preliminary planning funds are appropriated and for which
the program required by § 10(b) of Article 88C of the Code has
not been prepared, the State agency or institution responsible
for the project shall submit a program to the Department of State
Planning for approval before the planning funds may be spent.
For any project listed in Section 1(3) of this Act for which
funds for construction are appropriated and for which the
preliminary plans and outline specifications required by § 10 of
Article 15A of the Code have not been prepared, the State agency
or institution responsible for the project shall submit the plans
and outline specifications to the Department of State Planning
for approval before the construction funds may be spent.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Chapter 101 of the Acts of 1970

Section 5.2(A)

(3) Acquisition of public housing [(51 units)]
AND FORMER ADMINISTRATION BUILDING on St.
John's Street................................ 900,000

Chapter 914 of the Acts of 1976

Section 1(3)(G)(1)(c)