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able evidence on or before January 1, 1962, the Treasurer of the
State is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to proceed to
spend the proceeds of said loan agreeably to the other provisions
of this Act. If such satisfactory evidence of the raising of at least
an equal and matching fund is not presented to the Board of Public
Works on or before January 1, 1962, no funds under the provisions
of this Act shall thereafter be paid over to or expended for the con-
struction of a physics building on the campus of the Johns Hopkins
University at Homewood in Baltimore.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That until all of the interest
on and principal of any certificates issued under this Act have been
paid in full, there is hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax
on each $100 of assessable property at the rate to be determined in
the following manner: on or before December 1, 1960, and on or
before December 1 in each calendar year thereafter, the Board of
Public Works shall certify to the governing bodies of each of the
Counties and Baltimore City the rate of State tax on each $100 of
assessable property necessary to produce revenues to meet all in-
terest and principal which will be payable to the close of the next
ensuing calendar year on all certificates theretofore issued or there-
tofore authorized by resolution of the Board of Public Works to
be issued, and the governing bodies of each of the Counties and
Baltimore City shall forthwith levy and collect such tax at such
rate.

All matters committed by this Act to the discretion of the Board
of Public Works shall be determined by a majority of said Board.

SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1960.

Approved March 23, 1960.

CHAPTER 63
(House Bill 75)

AN ACT to add new Section 357A to Article 66C of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources", sub-
title "Forests and Parks—In General", to follow immediately after
Section 357 thereof, relating to the purchase AND ACQUISITION
BY CONTRACT OR GIFT of interests in real property by coun-
ties and cities, OR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS
AND PARKS, and to the preservation of open spaces and areas
for public use and enjoyment.

WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Legislature to provide a means
whereby any county or city, OR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTS AND PARKS, may acquire, by purchase, gift, grant,

EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.

CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.