§ 828. Powers of the board. The board of directors may name a manager
and such other officers and employees as may be needed, and fix their
compensation; may determine the location, type, size, construction and
equipment of requisite regional marketing facilities within the
district; may prepare a plan for financing the acquisition,
construction, equipment and operation of such facilities; and may
exercise generally the powers of the authority to the end that there may
be constructed, equipped and operated adequate regional marketing
facilities within the district for the buying and selling of farm
produce and any and all other businesses which reasonably tend to serve
the public in connection with that business or make it more convenient,
efficient, profitable or successful. In the exercise of those powers,
either directly or through its officers and employees the board may do
the following things, among others, and the following list of powers
shall not be deemed complete or exclusive, or to deny the existence of
other powers, whether similar or different, so long as they are
reasonably necessary for accomplishing the purposes declared and
indicated in this title.

(a) Make such investigations and hold such hearings and conferences as
may be necessary to formulate, adopt and revise a financial, building
and operation program for a regional market within the district.

(b) Acquire, lease, erect, construct, equip, maintain and operate
market facilities within the district, and for such purposes to acquire
real property within the district, by agreement or by condemnation,
including options and leases thereon as well as all other forms of
acquisition, and to improve and equip the same, and to mortgage, sell,
rent, exchange or dispose of any property, real or personal, or
interests therein or licenses affecting the same, as may seem advisable,
including the leasing or sale of real property, heretofore acquired and
now held and not required for market facilities, for agriculture
business, commercial or industrial uses.

(c) Execute contracts, bonds, certificates of indebtedness and other
obligations, and sell or dispose of the same in such amounts and at such
rates of interest as may be advisable. This shall include the power to
dispose of its bonds or other obligations to, and to borrow money from,
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof,
or any corporation owned or controlled by the United States of America
or the state of New York.

(d) Employ such manager or managers, and such clerical, engineering,
legal or other professional assistance, services and labor as may be
deemed necessary for accomplishing the purposes of this title, fix their
compensation, and at pleasure discharge any of them.

(e) Fix, impose and collect rentals and license fees relative to all
business which may be done upon the market or in any way involving the
use of its facilities; make rules and regulations which shall govern all
such business and all persons and vehicles coming upon the market;
provide and enforce penalties and liquidated damages relative to
breaches of such rules and regulations and any contracts entered into.