WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 736

as a grant to the Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum, Inc. for the purchase, REPAIR, AND
RENOVATION of, AND FOR THE PROVISION OF CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR, the
building located at 1320 Eutaw Place in Baltimore City that holds the Lillie Carroll
Jackson Museum, a civil rights museum.

(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 Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum, Inc. shall
provide 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 Lillie
Carroll Jackson Museum, Inc. has until June 1, 1995, 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)     (a) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum,
Inc. shall grant and convey to the Maryland Historical Trust a perpetual preservation
easement to the extent of its interest:

(i) On the land or such portion of the land acceptable to the Trust;
and

(ii) On the exterior and interior, where appropriate, of the historic
structures.

(b) The easement must be in form and substance acceptable to the trust and
the extent of the interest to be encumbered must be acceptable to the Trust.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved May 26, 1994.

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