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(9) To take over, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and to administer,
any soil-conservation, erosion-control, or erosion-prevention project located
within its boundaries undertaken by the United States or any of its
agencies, or by this State or any of its agencies; to manage, as agent of the
United States or any of its agencies, or of this State or any of its agencies,
any soil-conservation, erosion-control, or erosion-prevention project within
its boundaries; to act as agent for the United States, or any of its agencies,
or for this State or any of its agencies, in connection with the acquisition,
construction, operation, or administration of any soil conservation, erosion-
control, or erosion-prevention project within its boundaries; to accept dona-
tions, gifts, and contributions in money, services, materials, or otherwise,
from the United States or any of its agencies, or from this State or any
of its agencies, and to use or expend such moneys, services, materials, or
other contributions in carrying on its operations;

(10) To sue and be sued in the name of the district; to have a seal,
which seal shall be judicially noticed to have perpetual succession unless
terminated as hereinafter provided; to make and execute contracts and
other instruments, necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers; to
make, and from time to time amend and repeal, rules and regulations not
inconsistent with this sub-title, to carry into effect its purposes and powers;

(11) As a condition to the extending of any benefits under this sub-title
to, or the performance of work upon, any lands not owned or controlled by
this State or any of its agencies, the supervisors may require contributions
in money, services, materials, or otherwise to any operations conferring
such benefits, and may require land occupiers to enter into and perform
such agreements or covenants as to the permanent use of such lands as will
tend to prevent or control erosion thereon;

(12) No provisions with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposi-
tion of property by other public bodies shall be applicable to a district
organized hereunder unless the legislature shall specifically so state.

1937, ch. 437, sec. 23.

53. (Adoption of Land-use Regulations. ) The supervisors of any dis-
trict shall have authority to formulate regulations governing the use of
lands within the district in the interest of conserving soil and soil resources
and preventing and controlling soil erosion. The supervisors may conduct
such public meetings and public hearings upon tentative regulations as
may be necessary to assist them in this work. The supervisors shall not
have authority to enact such land-use regulations into law until after they
shall have caused due notice to be given of their intention to conduct a
referendum for submission of such regulations to the occupiers of lands
lying within the boundaries of the district for their indication of approval
or disapproval of such proposed regulations, and until after the super-
visors have considered the result of such referendum. The proposed regu-
lations shall be embodied in a proposed ordinance. Copies of such proposed
ordinance shall be available for the inspection of all eligible voters during
the period between publication of such notice and the date of the referen-
dum. The notices of the referendum shall recite the contents of such pro-
posed ordinance, or shall state where copies of such proposed ordinance
may be examined. The supervisors shall supervise such referendum, shall
prescribe appropriate regulations governing the conduct thereof, and shall
publish the result thereof. All occupiers of lands within the district shall
he eligible to vote in such referendum. Only such land occupiers shall be