§ 80-2202 — Powers of township board in certain townships over 7,500; contracts with certain cities

The township board shall have the power to make all necessary rules and regulations concerning the acquiring of said land and relating to the use of said land when so acquired, and may provide rules and regulations fixing the powers and duties of inhabitants desiring to dump trash and garbage thereon; may provide facilities for incineration; may adopt land fill procedure and may deny the right to use said land for the purpose of disposing of trash and garbage to those persons who refuse or fail to comply with the rules and regulations adopted; may have the right to purchase equipment or erect buildings or other facilities thereon; may lease all or any part of such land for uses not inconsistent with the purpose for which it is acquired; may, by contract, permit the use of such land by cities or other townships: Provided, That a city, which was a part of a township at the time any tax levy was made under the provisions of the act of which this section is amendatory for the purpose of acquiring such land, may use such land for the purpose of disposing trash and garbage from such city upon payment to the municipal township in which such land is situate a reasonable monthly amount to help defray the cost of the maintenance and operation of said land as a place for the disposal of trash and garbage and such municipal township shall enter into a contract so providing whenever requested to do so by such a city; may have power to sell said land when no longer needed for the purpose for which it was acquired and the proceeds of such sale shall revert to the garbage and trash fund to be used for acquiring additional or other land for the same purposes.

Legislative History

L. 1949, ch. 505, § 2; L. 1953, ch. 473, § 1; April 10.