2750                            County Local Laws

existing street or alley; and to assess the total cost of any propor-
tion thereof against abutting property, where such work is to be
financed by special or front-foot benefit assessment; to acquire by
gift, dedication, purchase, condemnation or otherwise all and any in-
terest whatsoever in any land, buildings and materials deemed neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of this Chapter, and for the purposes
of performing its duties for the Montgomery County Suburban Dis-
trict, the County is authorized and empowered to acquire land for
public purposes by condemnation, as fully and with all power pos-
sessed by any private or public corporation of this State and in
exercising the power of eminent domain herein granted the County
shall proceed in the manner provided by the laws of the State relating
to condemnation, as if the County were a municipal corporation named
in the laws: To fix specifications of and issue permits for the construc-
tion of streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters by any subdivider, devel-
oper or individual, to require compliance therewith and to provide
for the inspection and supervision of such work, the cost thereof
to be borne by such subdivider, developer or individual; to regulate
and control the collection and disposal of ashes, trash, garbage and
other refuse in the District; to establish and maintain such service
as may be deemed necessary or desirable for the protection of the
health and safety of the public in collecting and disposing of garbage,
ashes, trash and refuse, and for the cleaning of streets, alleys and
sidewalks; to license or contract, as may be deemed necessary, with
a contractor, after providing for the receiving of bids and the award-
ing of such licenses or contracts to perform the service of collecting
and disposing of such ashes, trash, garbage and refuse, under such
regulations as may be established to authorize reasonable charges for
such services and to provide the method of collecting the same.

(d) For the purpose of carrying out any power or discharging
any duty conferred by this Chapter and in order to safeguard and
protect the public health, safety or morals, the Council may, by law,
authorize the County Executive to promulgate rules or regulations
concerning any of the powers or subjects of this Chapter; provided,
that such rules or regulations shall contain proper standards for the
exercise of the discretion conferred herein and shall operate uni-
formly. Any person who violates the provisions of the rules or
regulations so promulgated, upon conviction before any court having
criminal jurisdiction in the County shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for each
violation, and in default of any fine so imposed may be imprisoned
for a period not to exceed thirty days for each violation; provided
further, that in any prosecution for the violation of any rule or
regulation or any provision thereof, it shall not be necessary to set
forth the same in full or verbatim, but it shall be deemed sufficient
if the warrant, information or indictment upon which the person al-
leged to have violated the provision of any such rule or regulation