Section 59.07. Powers of the Planetarium Authority  


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  • The  Planetarium
      Authority shall have power:
        1. To sue and be sued;
        2. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
        3. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for its corporate
      purposes;
        4. To make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs;
        5. To use the agents, employees and facilities of The American  Museum
      of  Natural History, paying its proper proportion of the compensation or
      cost;
        6. To appoint officers and agents;
        7. To make contracts and  to  execute  all  instruments  necessary  or
      convenient;
        8. By contract or contracts or by its own employees, to construct such
      planetarium  building, together with incidental machinery, equipment and
      facilities;
        9. To purchase or construct, or acquire by  gift,  loan  or  otherwise
      from  The  American  Museum  of  Natural  History  or  other  persons or
      corporations, and install in such planetarium  building,  a  planetarium
      instrument  or  instruments  and such other astronomical instruments and
      exhibits as to such board  shall  seem  best  adapted  for  astronomical
      instruction;
        10. To maintain, reconstruct and operate the planetarium;
        11.  To  charge  or grant to the American Museum of Natural History in
      the lease  the  right  to  charge  admission  fees  for  exhibiting  the
      planetarium  or some part or parts thereof, subject to and in accordance
      with section 59.09 of this title and such agreements with bondholders as
      may be made as hereinafter provided;
        12. To issue negotiable bonds and to provide for  the  rights  of  the
      holders thereof; and
        13.  To  do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers
      expressly given by this title.