The board so appointed by the governing bodies of said cities and counties shall act in an administrative capacity and shall be vested with the authority to establish, construct, control, lease, maintain, improve, repair, operate and regulate the joint airport or landing field. It shall have complete authority over any airport or landing field jointly acquired by the several governmental bodies represented on said board. Provided that the said board or the individual members thereof shall have no authority to pledge the credit of any of said governmental units. The said board shall have authority to deal with the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the United States Government and any other representative of the Federal Government relative to the grading, constructing, equipping, improving, repairing, maintaining and operating of airports or landing fields established under the authority of this Act. A majority of the board shall control its decisions. At the first meeting of the board, and annually thereafter it shall select a chairman from among its members. Each member of said board, including the chairman, shall have one vote. The said authority shall meet at such time and such place as the chairman of the authority shall designate. Or upon failure of said chairman to select a time or place at such time and place as shall be requested in writing by two or more members of the authority. The members of said board, who are fulltime employees of either of said governing boards shall serve without compensation other than actual expenses. Members of said board who are not fulltime employees of any of the governing bodies may be allowed compensation, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) per day for days actually spent in the performance of their duties as members of the authority. The members of the authority shall be empowered to employ a secretary for said board at such salary as may be agreed upon by the various governing bodies. The members of said authority shall take the oath of office to be administered by the clerk of the superior court in the county in which the member of the authority resides. Members of said authority shall not be personally liable in any manner for their acts as members of the authority, except for misfeasance or malfeasance. Said authority shall have the right and is empowered to expend such funds as are appropriated from time to time to the said governmental units jointly or severally for joint airport purposes and is empowered to enter into contracts and pledge the credit of the authority to the extent of moneys appropriated by said governmental units for joint airport purposes.
(Session Laws 1945, Ch. 451, § 8)
Statutory reference:
Powers and duties of joint board, see G.S. §§ 63-53 and 63-56