Ch. 308

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

the Residential Treatment Center for seriously mentally and emotionally disturbed youth,
and for a special school to be located in 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
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 Sheppard and
Enoch Pratt Hospital, 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. The No part of the fund may consist of
real property, or in kind contributions, or 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 the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, 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.

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

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 308
(House Bill 763)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art - Collection Acquisition

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the
proceeds to be used as a grant to The Ward Foundation for the acquisition of
wildfowl art for the permanent collection at The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in
Salisbury, Maryland, subject to the requirement that The Ward Foundation provide
and expend a matching fund and present by a certain date evidence that a matching
fund will be provided; and providing generally for the issuance and sale of bonds
evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

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