742                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 151

(7)  Maintain, administer, and improve any acquired
properties, receive income from the properties and expend
the income to carry out the purposes and provisions of
this subtitle;

(8)   Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of its
property or interests in it to further the purposes and
the provisions of this subtitle;

(9)  Make available to land occupiers within the
district, on terms the supervisors prescribe,
agricultural and engineering machinery and equipment,
fertilizer, seeds, seedlings, and other material or
equipment, to assist land occupiers in conserving soil
resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion;

(10)   Construct, improve, and maintain structures
necessary or convenient for the performance of any of the
operations authorized in this title;

(11)  Develop comprehensive plans for conserving soil
resources and controlling and preventing soil erosion
within the district, if the plans specify in reasonable
detail, the acts, procedures, performances, and
avoidances which are necessary or desirable for the
effectuation of the plans, including the specification of
engineering operations, cultivation methods, the growing
of vegetation, cropping programs, tillage practices, and
changes in land use;

(12)  Publish the plans and information and bring
them to the attention of land occupiers within the
district;

(13)  Take over, by purchase, lease, or otherwise,
and administer any soil conservation, erosion control, or
erosion prevention project located within the district
undertaken by the United States, this State, or any of
their agencies;

Act as agent for the United States, the State,
or any of their agencies, in connection with the
acquisition, construction, operation, or administration
of any soil conservation, erosion control, or erosion
prevention project within its boundaries;

(15)   Accept gifts in money, services, materials, or
otherwise from the United States, the State, or any of
their agencies and to use or expend them to carry out the
operations of the districts;

(16)   Borrow money on its negotiable paper to carry
out its powers and duties, if prior approval of the
Committee is obtained [and the sum borrowed does not