Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

financial or other aid to, any
agency, governmental or otherwise,
or any occupier of lands within the
district, in the carrying on of
erosion control and prevention
operations within the district, sub
ject to such conditions as the
supervisors may deem necessary to
advance the purposes Of this act;
60 To obtain options upon and
to acquire, by purchase, exchange,
lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or
otherwise, any property, real or
personal, or rights or interests
therein; to maintain, administer,
and improve any properties acquir-
ed, to receive income from such
properties and to expend such in
come in carrying out the purposes
and provisions of this act; and to
sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of
any of its property or interests
therein in furtherance Of the pur-
poses and the provisions Of this act;
CO. To make available, on such
terms as it shall prescribe, to land
occupiers within the district, agri-
cultural and engineering machinery
and equipment, fertilizer, seeds, and
seedlings and such other material
or equipment, as will assist such
land occupiers to carry on opera
tons upon their lands for the con-
servation of soil resources and for
the prevention and control of soil
erosion;
CD To construct, improve, and
maintain such structures as may be
necessary or convenient for the
performance Of any of the opera
tons authorized in this act;
90 To develop comprehensive
plans for the conservation Of soil
resources and for the control and
prevention Of soil erosion within
the district, which plans shall
specify in such detail as may be
possible, the acts, procedures, per-
formances, and avoidanceS which
are necessary or desirable for the
effectuation Of such plans, includ-
ing the specification of engineering
operations, methods of cultivation,
the growing of vegetation, cropping
programs, tillage practices, and
changes in use of land; and to pub
lish such plans and information
and bring them to the attention of
occupiers of lands within the dis
trict;
90 To take over, by purchase,
lease, or otherwise, and to admins
ter, any soil-conservation, erosion
control, or erosion-prevention pro-
ject located within it's boundaries
undertaken by the United States
or any of it's agencies, or by this
State or any of its agencies; to
manage, as agent of the United
States or any Of its agencies, or of
this State or any Of its agencies,
any soil-conServation, erOsion-cOn-
troll, or on-prevention project
within its boundaries: to act as
agent for the United States, or any
Of its agencies, or for this State or
any of its agencies, in connection
with the acquisition, construction,
operation, or administration Of any
soil -conservation, eroSion-c or
erosion prevention project within
its boundaries; to accept donations,
gifts, and contributions in money,
services, materials, or otherwise,
from the United States or any of
it's agencies, or from this State or
any Of its agencies, and to use or
expend such moneys, services, ma
terials, or other contributions in
carrying on its operations;
(10) To sue and be sued In the
name Of the district; to have per-
petual succession unless terminated
as hereinafter provided; to make
and execute contracts and other
instruments, necessary or con-
venient to the exercise Of it's pow
ers; to make, and from time to
time amend and repeal, rules and
regulations not inconsistent with
this act, to carry into effect its
purposes and powers;
Cd AS condition to the eX-
tending of any benefits under this
act, to, or the performance of work
upon, any lands not owned or con-
trolled by this State or any of its
agencies, the supervisors may re-
quire contributions in money, serv-
ices, materials, or otherwise to any
operations comforting such bene-
fits;
Q2) No provisions with respect
to the acquisition, operation, or dis
position of property by other pub
lie bodies shall be applicable to
district organized hereunder I'M
less the legislature shall specifically
so state.
Section 8. ADOPTION OF LAND
USE REGULATIONS. The super
visors of any district shall have
authority to formulate regulations
governing the use of lands within
the district in the interest of con-
serving soil resources and prevent
ing and controlling soil erosion.
The supervisors may conduct such
public meetings and public hearings
upon tentative regulations as may
be necessary to assist them in this
work. The supervisors shall not
have authority to enact such land
use regulations into law until after
they shall have caused due notice
to be given of their intention to
conduct a referendum for submits
sion of such regulations to the oc-
cupiers Of lands lying within the
boundaries of the district for their
indication Of approval or disap-
prevail of such proposed regulations,
and until after the supervisors
have considered the result of such
referendum. The proposed regula-
tions shall be embodied in a pro-
posed ordinance. Copies of such
propose ordinance shall be