Section 515. Village of St

Johnsville housing authority.   A municipal
  housing authority to be known as the village of St.  Johnsville  housing
  authority  is  hereby  created  and  established  for the village of St.
  Johnsville in the county of Montgomery, for the accomplishment of any or
  all of the purposes specified in article eighteen of the constitution of
  the state of New York. It shall constitute a body corporate and politic,
  be perpetual in duration and consist of five members. It shall have  all
  the  powers  and  duties now or hereafter conferred by this chapter upon
  municipal housing authorities. It  shall  be  organized  in  the  manner
  prescribed  by  and  subject  to the provisions of this chapter, and the
  authority, its members, officers and employees and  its  operations  and
  activities  shall  in all respects be governed by the provisions of this
  chapter.