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pend funds for land acquisition and for construction and operation
of facilities under this Act and to levy taxes therefor; to make this
Act supplemental to existing laws; and relating generally to the
disposal of refuse, garbage, rubbish, or other matter in the State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new Section 14A be and it is hereby added to Article 25 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "County Commis-
sioners," subtitle "General Provisions," to follow immediately after
Section 14 thereof and to read as follows:

(a) The County Commissioners of every county in the State may
acquire, maintain, and operate a tract of land or tracts or parcels of
land WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY for the disposal
of refuse, garbage, rubbish, or any other matter as in their judgment
may promote the public health of the inhabitants of the county, and
may, in their discretion, construct, on some site or sites, WITHIN
THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY, selected by them, an incinerator
or incinerators or other refuse disposal plants for the disposal of
refuse, garbage, rubbish, 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 SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERN-
ING BODY, 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, 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)    Municipal corporations in the State are THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL, BY WHATEVER NAME KNOWN, OF EVERY
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN THE STATE ARE authorized to
enter into agreements and contracts with any county for the purpose
of disposing of the refuse, garbage, trash or other matter collected
within the municipal corporation at any incinerator or plant oper-
ated under the provisions of this section.

(c)   The County Commissioners, in the furtherance of the provi-
sions of this section, may make appropriations for land acquisition
and capital improvements, or borrow funds for these purposes and
issue notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness and make such
appropriate levies as may be required to meet these obligations.

14A.