HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1909

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Middletown for the purpose of the planning, design, construction,
and equipping of a water improvement project in Middletown,
Frederick 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
paid in full. The principal shall be discharged within 15 years
after 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
Burgess and Commissioners of Middletown shall provide at least an
equal and matching fund of $150,000 $100,000. 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 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 Burgess and Commissioners of Middletown have until
June 1, 1988, 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, 1988, the proceeds of the loan shall
be applied to the purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect June 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 515

(House Bill 956)
AN ACT concerning

Wild Waterfowl - Blind Sites

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural Resources

to negotiate and enter agreements, where possible, with
counties and the federal government to locate and place
blind sites in public waters near certain lands.

BY adding to