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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 238

(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
Board of County Commissioners of Dorchester County shall provide
at least an equal and matching fund of $175,000. 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 Board of County Commissioners of Dorchester County
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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1985.

Approved May 21, 1985.

CHAPTER 239

(Senate Bill 803)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Gaithersburg Historic
Railroad Station
MC 502-85

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $850,000 $300,000, the proceeds to be used as
a grant to the City of Gaithersburg for the purpose of the
acquisition, planning, renovation, and reconstruction of the
historic railroad station located in the City of
Gaithersburg, subject to the requirement that the City of
Gaithersburg provide at least an equal and matching fund of
a certain kind 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: