1986 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 231
Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement, 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
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons
of Maryland and Its Jurisdiction, Inc., for the purpose of the
renovation, restoration, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of
the exterior and dome roof of the Eutaw Place Temple located 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
Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons
of Maryland and Its Jurisdiction, Inc., shall provide at least an
equal and matching fund of $260,000 $250,000. 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 Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and
Accepted Masons of Maryland and Its Jurisdiction, Inc., has until
June 1, 1987, 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, 1987, 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 fraternal instruction, or in connection
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