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authority. Failure so to disclose such interest shall constitute
misconduct in office.

7. For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in
office, a commissioner of an authority may be removed by the
Mayor, but a commissioner shall be removed only after he
shall have been given a copy of the charges at least 10 days
prior to the hearing thereon and had an opportunity to be
heard in person or by counsel. In the event of the removal of
any commissioner, a record of the proceedings, together with
the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of
the Clerk.

8. An authority shall constitute a public body corporate
and politic, exercising public and essential governmental func-
tions, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to
carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this
Article, including the following powers in addition to others
herein granted:

(a) To sue and be sued; to have a seal and to alter the
same at pleasure; to have perpetual succession; to make and
execute contracts and other instruments necessary or conveni-
ent to the exercise of the powers of the authority; and to make
and from time to time amend and repeal by-laws, rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with this Article, to carry into
effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
(b) Within its area of operation: to prepare, carry out, ac-
quire, lease and operate housing projects; to provide for the
construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration or repair
of any housing project or any part thereof.

(c) To arrange or contract for the furnishing by any person
or agency, public or private, of services, privileges, works, or
facilities for, or in connection with, a housing project or the
occupants thereof; and (notwithstanding anything to the con-
trary contained in this Article or in any other provision of
law) to include in any contract let in connection with a proj-
ect, stipulations requiring that the contractor and any sub-
contractors comply with requirements as to minimum wages
and maximum hours of labor, and comply with any conditions
which the Federal Government may have attached to its finan-
cial aid of the project.

(d) To lease or rent any dwellings, houses, accommodations,
lands, buildings, structures or facilities embraced in any hous-
ing project and (subject to the limitations contained in this
Article) to establish and revise the rents or charges therefor;
to own, hold, and improve real or personal property; to pur-
chase, lease, obtain options upon, acquire by gift, grant, be-
quest, devise, or otherwise any real or personal property or any