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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 182

annual budget, pursuant to the requirements of law,
itemizing the appropriations necessary for the performance
of its functions and duties.

(i) The County Commissioners, by and through the
Board, may join or cooperate with the Federal Government,
the State of Maryland, with any municipality, or other
governmental agency in providing, establishing, conducting,
and maintaining recreation centers, playgrounds, parks, and
other recreation facilities and activities.]

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(a). The Chairman of the Board of Recreation and Parks
with the approval of a majority of the members of the Board
may annually appoint committees to be known respectively as
the committees on beautification, cleanup, and conservation.

(b)  The powers and duties of the committee on
beautification shall be as follows:

(1)  To recommend beautification programs to the
Board and to the County Commissioners by the planting of
trees and shrubs or by other appropriate methods; and to
utilize for its purposes the services of the State Roads
Commission, the State Department of Forests and Parks, the
Department of Game and Inland Fish, and of other county
agencies or public officials.

(2)  To cooperate with the "Keep Maryland
Beautiful" program of the State of Maryland and to utilize
the advice and services of the garden clubs of the county
for the promotion of the objectives of this subsection.

(c)  The powers and duties of the committee on cleanup
shall be as follows:

(1)  To survey the public roads, parks and other
public facilities to ascertain whether they are being kept
free from trash and refuse.

(2)  To provide active leadership for cleanup
drives in the county and in such efforts to cooperate with
the county highway department, private persons, the police,
and other public agencies in the county.

(d)  The committee on conservation shall have the duty
of preserving the historical heritage of the county, with
proper allowance for necessary change or progress, and of
cooperating with the Caroline County Historical Society in
these efforts, and with the approval of the Board of County
Commissioners it may accept gifts to promote these
objectives. This committee also shall study and make
recommendations concerning the conservation of the natural
resources of the county.