MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                    741

COMMITTEE AND provided in the annual State budget, for
each day spent in the performance of his duties.

8-306.

(a) A soil conservation district constitutes a
political subdivision of the State, and a public body
corporate and politic, exercising public powers. The
supervisors may:

(1)   Conduct surveys, investigations, and research
relating to the character of soil erosion and the
preventive and control measures needed and publish the
results, if the research program is executed in
cooperation with the state, the United States, or any of
their agencies;

(2)  Disseminate information concerning preventive
and control measures;

(3)    Conduct demonstration projects within the
district on State owned or controlled land, with the
cooperation of the agency administering and having
jurisdiction of them, or on any land within the district
upon obtaining the consent of the land occupier or the
possessor of the necessary rights or interests in the
land, in order to demonstrate by example the means,
methods, and measures for conserving soil and soil
resources, and preventing and controlling soil erosion in
the form of soil blowing and washing;

(4)  Carry out preventive and control measures within
the district including engineering operations,
cultivation methods, the growing of vegetation, changes
in land use, and the measures listed in § 8—102 (c) , on
State owned or controlled land, with the cooperation of
the agency administering and having jurisdiction of them,
or on any other land within the district upon obtaining
the consent of the land occupier or the possessor of the
necessary rights or interests in the land;

(5)   Cooperate or enter into agreements with any
person to furnish financial or other aid to any
government or private agency or any land occupier within
the district, in carrying on erosion control and
prevention operations within the district, subject to
conditions the supervisors deem necessary to advance the
purposes of this subtitle;

(6)  Obtain options upon and to acquire, by purchase,
exchange, lease, gift, grant, or otherwise, any real or
personal property or rights or interests in it, which
shall be exempt from State, county, or municipal
taxation;