540                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                          [CH. 268

"Refuse Disposal"
145A.

(a)   The County Commissioners of St. Mary's County may acquire,
maintain, and operate a tract of land or tracts or parcels of land
for the disposal of refuse, garbage, rubbish, or any other matter
to be disposed of, and may construct, on some site or sites selected
by them, an incinerator or incinerators or other refuse disposal plants
and waste disposal centers for the disposal of refuse, garbage, rub-
bish, or any other matter. In the exercise of this power the County
Commissioners may:

(1)  prescribe and enforce rules and regulations concerning the
operation and manner of use of the disposal areas or facilities;

(2)  make agreements with persons, firms, corporations, municipal
corporations, special districts, or other counties for cooperation in,
and financial support by way of service charges and fees, in the
acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of the disposal
areas or facilities;

(3)  fix and collect reasonable service charges or fees from any
person, firm, corporation, municipal corporation, special district or
other county for the use of the disposal areas or facilities;

(4) to employ such personnel as may be necessary or desirable for
the operation, maintenance, or supervision of the disposal areas or
facilities;

(5) acquire land, including rights of way or easements, in fee
simple or otherwise, as needed for the purposes of this section by
purchase, gift, lease or condemnation.

(b)  The County Commissioners are authorized to enter into agree-
ments and contracts with any incorporated municipality for the pur-
pose of disposing of the refuse, garbage, trash or other matter
collected within the incorporated municipality, at any incinerator or
plant operated under the provisions of this section.

(c)  The County Commissioners, in the furtherance of the pro-
visions of this section, may make appropriations for land acquisition,
capital improvements, and operating costs, from funds raised by real
property taxes levied on assessable property located outside of the
incorporated municipalities of St. Mary's County, or borrow funds
for land acquisition and capital improvements and issue notes, bonds,
or other evidences of indebtedness and make such appropriate levies
as may be required to meet these obligations.

(d)   The provisions of this section shall be construed as additional
and supplemental provisions to any existing laws providing for the
disposal of refuse, garbage, rubbish or other matter.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1966.

Approved April 29, 1966.