Ch. 212                                  1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(known hereafter in this Act as "the grantee") for the repair, renovation, rehabilitation,
and equipping of the Bel Alton High School in Charles County, to be used as a
multiservice center in which employment, training, and support services will be offered to
the citizens of Charles County.

(4)     An annual State tax is imposed on all assessable property in the Slate 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 grantee shall provide and expend a matching
fund of $1,400,000. No part of the grantee'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 grantee
has until June 1, 1997, 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 to the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan 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 grantee 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 shall take effect
June 1, 1995.                                                                        

Approved May 9, 1995.

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