Ch. 252                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(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
issuance 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 Board of Directors of the Young Men's
Christian Association of Cumberland, Maryland shall provide and expend a matching
fund. 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 the amount of the matching
fund or 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 Directors of
the Young Men's Christian Association of Cumberland, Maryland has until June 1, 1996,
to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public Works that a matching fund will be
provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall certify this fact and the
amount of the matching fund to the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan equal
to the amount of the matching fund shall be expended for the purposes provided in this
Act. Any amount of the loan in excess of the amount of the matching fund certified by the
Board of Public Works shall be canceled and be of no further effect.

(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 in connection with the
design, acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used as a place of
sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in connection with any program or
department of divinity for any religious denomination. Upon the request of the Board of
Public Works, the Board of Directors of the Young Men's Christian Association of
Cumberland, Maryland shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the
proceeds of the loan or any matching funds has been or is being used for a purpose
prohibited by this Act.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 252
(House Bill 297)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Sheriff - Salary

FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the Sheriff for Washington County; requiring
the Sheriff to appoint a chief deputy at a salary level set by the County
Commissioners; authorizing the Sheriff to employ certain other personnel necessary
to perform the duties of office at salary levels set in accordance with the County's

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