J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      203

be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and all
to read as follows:

470. (a) The County Commissioners of Harford 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, AGENCY OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND, 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 Harford 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.

474. (a) The Director of Public Works, under the supervision
of the County Commissioners, is charged with the following duties
and powers:

(1) To inspect the public highways, sidewalks, roadside mainte-
nance and beautification, and bridges of the county road system and
any work being done in connection therewith, and to suspend work
not being done in accordance with the contract or the county road
specifications.