866 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 437

any properties acquired, to receive income from such proper-
ties and to expend such income in carrying out the purposes
and provisions of this Act; and to sell, lease, or otherwise dis-
pose of any of its property or interests therein in furtherance
of the purposes and the provisions of this act;

(6) To make available, on such terms as it shall prescribe,
to land occupiers within the district, agricultural and engi-
neering machinery and equipment, fertilizer, seeds, and seed-
lings, and such other material or equipment, as will assist
such land occupiers to carry on operations upon their lands
for the conservation of soil resources and for the prevention
and control of soil erosion;

(7) To construct, improve, and maintain such structures as
may be necessary or convenient for the performance of any
of the operations authorized in this Act;

(8) To develop comprehensive plans for the conservation
of soil resources and for the control and prevention of soil
erosion within the district, which plans shall specify in such
detail as may be possible, the Acts, procedures, performances,
and avoidances which are necessary or desirable for the ef-
fectuation of such plans, including the specification of engi-
neering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of
vegetation, cropping programs, tillage practices, and changes
in use of land; and to publish such plans and information and
bring them to the attention of occupiers of lands within the
district;

(9) To take over, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, and
to administer, any soil-conservation, erosion-control, or ero-
sion-prevention project located within its boundaries under-
taken 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-pre-
vention 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, construc-
tion, operation, or administration of any soil conservation,
erosion-control, or erosion-prevention project within its bound-
aries; to accept donations, 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 con-
venient to the exercise of its powers; to make, and from time