KRS 171.387: Commission membership -- Powers -- Personnel.

(1) The commission may employ a director, who shall serve as its secretary and at its

pleasure, and other technical assistants as may be necessary to carry out its

purposes.

(2) The commission may contract, lease, accept gifts and bequests of money and

acquire real and personal property by gift, purchase, devise, or bequests, deemed

necessary for the proper development and planning of Washington as a historic

town, and may preserve, restore, and administer these properties.