WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

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as a grant to the Board of Directors of Associated Black Charities, Inc. for the purchase,
repair, and renovation of an office building located at 1114 Cathedral Street in Baltimore
City to be used as the organization's headquarters.

(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 Associated Black
Charities, Inc. 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
or in kind contributions. The fund may consist of 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
Associated Black Charities, Inc. 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 Associated Black Charities, 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 304
(House Bill 695)

AN ACT concerning

Charles County - Orphans' Court - Salaries

FOR the purpose of altering the salary or compensation of the judges of the Orphans'

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