818                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 391

(a) The commission, for the purposes of this compact, may:

1.   Adopt and use a corporate seal, enter into contracts, and sue
and be sued in any court of competent jurisdiction;

2.   Receive and accept such payments, appropriations, grants,
gifts, loans, advances, and other funds, properties, and services as
may be transferred or made available to it by any signatory party
or by any other public or private corporation or individual, and enter
into agreements to make reimbursement for all or part thereof;

3. Provide for, acquire, and adopt detailed engineering, adminis-
trative, financial, and operating plans and specifications to effectuate,
maintain, or develop any facility or project;

4. Control and regulate the use of facilities owned or operated by
the commission;

5.   Acquire, own, operate, maintain, control, sell and convey real
and personal property and any interest therein by contract, purchase,
lease, license, mortgage, or otherwise as it may deem necessary for
any project or facility, including any and all appurtenances thereto
necessary, useful, or convenient for such ownership, operation, con-
trol, maintenance, or conveyance;

6.   Have and exercise all corporate powers essential to the declared
objects and purposes of the commission.

(b) The commissioners, subject to the provisions of this compact,
shall:

1.   Serve as the governing body of the commission, and exercise
and discharge its powers and duties, except as otherwise provided by
or pursuant to this compact;

2.   Determine the character of and the necessity for its obligations
and expenditures and the manner in which they shall be incurred,
allowed, and paid subject to any provisions of law specifically appli-
cable to agencies or instrumentalities created by this compact;

3. Provide for the internal organization and administration of
the commission;

4. Appoint the principal officers of the commission and delegate
to and allocate among them administrative functions, powers and
duties;

5.   Create and abolish offices, employments, and positions as it
deems necessary for the purposes of the commission, and subject to
the provisions of this article, fix and provide for the qualification,
appointments, removal, term, tenure, compensation, pension, and
retirement rights of its officers and employees;

6.   Let and execute contracts to carry out the powers of the com-
mission.

15.2—Regulations; Enforcement. The commission may:

1. Make and enforce rules and regulations for the effectuation,
application, and enforcement of this compact; and it may adopt and
enforce practices and schedules for or in connection with the use,
maintenance, and administration of projects and facilities it may
own or operate and any product or service rendered thereby; pro-