Section 1353. Port of Oswego authority

The board heretofore created by this
  section  and  known as the Oswego port authority is hereby continued and
  shall hereafter be known and designated as the port of Oswego authority.
  Such board shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a  public
  benefit  corporation.  The board shall consist of nine members, seven of
  whom shall be residents of the city of Oswego and one of whom shall be a
  resident of the town of Scriba, with at least one thereof being a member
  of or recommended by the county planning board of the county  of  Oswego
  commencing  with  the  expiration of the term occurring first after July
  first nineteen hundred seventy-five. The terms of office of all  members
  of   the   authority   heretofore  appointed  and  in  office  on  March
  thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty, shall expire and terminate on such
  date, provided, however, that they shall  continue  in  office  as  such
  until  the  members first to be appointed by the governor as hereinafter
  in this section provided shall  have  qualified.  The  members  of  said
  authority shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and
  consent  of  the  senate. Of the members first appointed by the governor
  two members shall be  appointed  for  a  term  ending  September  first,
  nineteen  hundred  sixty-one,  two  for  terms  ending  September first,
  nineteen hundred  sixty-two,  two  for  terms  ending  September  first,
  nineteen hundred sixty-three, and one for a term ending September first,
  nineteen  hundred  sixty-four.  Any  member appointed by the governor to
  fill any newly created membership on the board shall be appointed for  a
  term  ending on the first day of September nineteen hundred seventy-six.
  Thereafter, upon the expiration of the term of  a  member,  a  successor
  shall  be appointed by the governor for a term expiring four 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  governor  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 secretary  of  state.  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 and  industrial  projects  in  the
  district,  and  shall keep a record of its proceedings. Rules pertaining
  to the regulation and use of port  facilities  and  industrial  projects
  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 resources 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 governor for cause after giving such member a copy  of  the  charges
  and  an  opportunity  to  be heard thereon. 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.