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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 339

CHAPTER 339

(Senate Bill 511)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - St. Mary's County - Tudor Hall

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $70,000 $50,000, the proceeds to be used as a
grant to the St. Mary's County Historical Society for the
purpose of the acquisition, planning, design, renovation,
rehabilitation, restoration, repair, and improvement of
Tudor Hall located in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County,
subject to the requirement that certain entities provide or
commit matching funds of certain kinds and amounts for the
same purpose by a certain date; requiring 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:

(1)  The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur
indebtedness on behalf of the State of Maryland through a State
loan to be known as the St. Mary's County - Tudor Hall Loan of
1986 in the total principal amount of $70,000 $50,000. This loan
shall be evidenced by the issuance, sale, and delivery of State
general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board
of Public Works and issued, sold, and delivered in accordance
with §§ 8-117 through 8-124 of the State Finance and Procurement
Article and Article 31, § 22 of the Code.

(2)  The bonds to evidence this loan or installments of this
loan may be sold as a single issue, or may be consolidated and
sold as part of a single issue of bonds under § 8-122 of the
State Finance and Procurement Article.

(3)  The cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be
paid to the Treasurer and first shall be applied to the payment
of the expenses of issuing, selling, and delivering the bonds,
unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided, and then
shall be credited on the books of the Comptroller and expended,
on approval by the Board of Public Works, for the following
public purposes, including any applicable architects' and
engineers' fees: as a grant to the St. Mary's County Historical
Society for the purpose of the acquisition, planning, design,
renovation, rehabilitation, restoration, repair, and improvement
of Tudor Hall located in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County.

(4)  An annual State tax is imposed 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