N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1378: Ogdensburg port authority

§ 1378. Ogdensburg port authority. A board to be known as the

Ogdensburg port authority is hereby created. Such board shall be a body

corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation. The

board shall consist of five members all of whom shall be residents of

the city of Ogdensburg. The members of said authority shall be appointed

by the mayor. One member shall be designated by the mayor to serve until

December thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-eight; one to serve until

December thirty-first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine; one to serve until

December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty; one to serve until

December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-one; and one to serve

until December thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-two. Upon the

expiration of the term of a member, a successor shall be appointed by

the mayor for a term expiring five years after the expiration of the

term of his predecessor. If a vacancy shall occur by reason of a death,

disqualification, resignation or removal of a member, the successor

shall be appointed by the mayor for the unexpired term. The members of

the authority shall, before entering upon the duties of their office,

take the constitutional oath of office and file the same in the office

of the clerk of the county of St. Lawrence. The authority shall organize

by the selection from its members of a chairman, vice chairman, and a

secretary. It shall adopt such rules as it may deem necessary and proper

for the government of its own proceedings and the regulation and use of

port facilities in the district, and shall keep a record of its

proceedings. Rules pertaining to the regulation and use of port

facilities shall be fair, reasonable and impartial and shall be subject

to any law, rule or regulation administered by the interstate commerce

commission or the public service commission or the water power and

control commission, or any other department or commission of the United

States of America or of the state of New York, which has the

jurisdiction in such matters and shall not operate to deprive any person

or corporation, private or public, of any property without due process

of law. A majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a

quorum for the transaction of business and the concurrence of a majority

of all members shall be necessary to the validity of any order of the

authority. A member may be removed by the appointing power for cause

after giving such member a copy of the charges and an opportunity to be

heard in his own defense in person or by counsel upon not less than ten

days' notice. The decision of the appointing power shall be subject to

review pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice act. The

members of the authority shall serve without compensation but shall be

entitled to reimbursement of their actual and necessary expenses

incurred in the performance of their official duties.