PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 344

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

CHAPTER 344
(House Bill 1389)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County - Union Mills Homestead

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in the amount of not to
exceed $100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Union Mills Homestead
Foundation, Inc. for certain development or improvement purposes; providing for
disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee
provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a
certain easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; 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:

(1)     The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Carroll County
- Union Mills Homestead Loan of 1995 in the total principal amount of $100,000 a total
principal amount equal to the lesser of (i) $100,000 or (ii) the amount of the matching
fund provided in accordance with Section 1(5) below. This loan shall be evidenced by the
issuance, sale, and delivery of State general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of
the Board of Public Works and issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with §§ 8-117
through 8-124 of the State Finance and Procurement Article and Article 31, § 22 of the
Code.

(2)     The bonds to evidence this loan or installments of this loan may be sold as a
single issue or may be consolidated and sold as part of a single issue of bonds under §
8-122 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(3)     The cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer and
first shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of issuing, selling, and delivering the
bonds, unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided, and then shall be credited on
the books of the Comptroller and expended, on approval by the Board of Public Works,
for the following public purposes, including any applicable architects' and engineers' fees:
as a grant to the Union Mills Homestead Foundation, Inc. (referred to hereafter in this
Act as "the grantee") for the planning, design, and restoration of the Union Mills
Homestead, located at 3311 Littlestown Pike in Carroll County.

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