§ 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.