Maryland County Commissioners Section 160

      The board of county commissioners of the respective counties of this State may, and they are hereby authorized and empowered in their discretion to appropriate and use, under such rules as they may prescribe, any sum or sums of money, as in their discretion, may appear to be necessary and proper for the support of farmers' cooperative demonstration work, including home demonstration work and boys' and girls' club work, in each of their respective counties, along the same line as such work is or may be conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture or the University of Maryland Extension Service, and may conduct such work jointly in the respective counties with the agents and representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Maryland Extension Service, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the agent of the Department of Agriculture of the United States and the agent of the University of Maryland Extension Service and the board of county commissioners.

      Whenever the Department of Agriculture of the United States, and the University of Maryland Extension Service shall enter into cooperative relations for conducting farmers' cooperative demonstration work, including home demonstration work and boys' and girls' club work, in the counties of Maryland, the county commissioners of the respective counties may cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and the University of Maryland Extension Service in providing funds and conducting such work in such manner as may be agreed upon by the agents of the cooperative institutions.