2106                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 598

Chapter 327 of the Acts of 1984

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 Talbot County Jail Loan of 1984 in the
aggregate principal amount of $100,000. This loan shall be
evidenced by the issuance and sale of State general obligation
bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of Public Works and
issued, sold and delivered in accordance with the provisions of
§§ 19 to 23 of Article 31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1983
Replacement Volume, 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
Talbot County Council for the purpose of the planning of a county
jail.

(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
County Council of Talbot County shall provide at least an equal
and matching fund of $100,000. No part of an applicant's
matching funds 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
County Council of Talbot County has until June 1, [1986] 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