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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 911

Article - Natural Resources
3-203.

The trustees have the powers and duties to:

(1)  Receive annual appropriations as provided in
the budget;

(2)  Sponsor, assist, conduct, or otherwise cause
to be undertaken, comprehensive programs of research and
education pertaining to the aesthetic, natural, health and
welfare, scenic, or cultural qualities of the State
environment, including the provision of financial grants to
public and private agencies, organizations, and persons
engaged by the trustees for consulting and other special
participation in these programs;

(3)  Acquire and hold real and personal property,
or any interest therein, of aesthetic, scenic, or cultural
significance, or of significance to the health and welfare
of the public, by lease, gift, purchase, devise, bequest, or
by any other means, and conserve, improve, administer,
invest, or dispose of the properties for the purposes of the
Trust, and in the acquisition of these properties to acquire
property adjacent thereto deemed necessary for the proper
use and administration of the Trust;

(4)  Accept any gift. The trustees may expend
both principal and income of any gift of money or invest it
in whole or in part in general obligations of the State or
other securities in furtherance of the Trust, as decided at
a regular or special meeting, if a quorum is present, by the
affirmative vote of a minimum of seven elected trustees;

(5)  Apply any money, assets, property or other
things of value it may receive as an incident to its
operation, to the general purposes of the Trust;

(6)  Cooperate with and assist as far as
practicable, any unit of the State, any political
subdivision, and any private, public, or federal agency,
foundation, or person, in furtherance of the purposes of the
Trust;

(7)  Take any action necessary or proper to
effectuate the powers expressly conferred by this subtitle;

(8)  Adopt, subject to the terms of this
subtitle, rules and regulations necessary or proper for the
regulation of their own government or to effectuate the
purpose of the Trust;

(9)  Delegate any of the powers conferred to any
one or more of the trustees or the director of the Trust;
and