Excerpt from Soil Conservation District Enabling Acts of the Northern Great Plains States Each enabling act contains at least 5 general provisions (1) establishment of a state soil conservation committee and a statement of its powers and functions: (2) a detailed statement of procedure for the organization of soil conservation districts; (3) a list of powers of the district and its board of super visors; (4) procedure for adoption and enforcement of land - use regulations; and (s) procedure for disorganization of districts. There is a great deal of variation among the states as to the composition of the state soil conservation committee, but for.the most part, members are the administrative heads of state agricultural agencies such as state extension service, state agricultural experiment station, and state department of agri culture The state committee may invite the U. S. Secretary of agriculture to appoint a member of his staff to serve on the state committee, but in some states the usda representative has no voting power and serves only in an advisory capacity. The state committee may hire agents and other employees, determine their duties and fix their compensation. It may call upon the state attorney general for legal services and it may request state agencies to make special surveys and studies. Its princi pal functions are to assist and encourage the formation of soil conservation districts, to assist each local district in carry ing out its program, to coordinate the programs of various districts, to secure the assistance of state and federal agencies, and to disseminate information regarding the activities and pro grams of soil conservation districts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.