1384                               Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 461

(f)  Establish and maintain an office or offices for the conduct
of its affairs.

(g)  Appoint, employ, hire or engage legal counsel, accountants
and such other assistants, aides and employees as may be deemed
necessary for the proper performance of the duties and functions
of the Authority, and fix their compensation.

(h) Employ or hire from time to time, by contract, consulting
and other kinds of engineers, architects, construction, transportation
and financial experts, consultants of all kinds and other persons
possessing technical or specialized skills as may be deemed necessary
for the proper performance of the duties and functions of the
Authority, and fix their compensation.

(i) Enter into contracts, agreements and other legal instruments,
and be bound thereby, with any legal entity in connection with or
relative to any matter or thing which is under or within the
jurisdiction, power, or authority of the Authority.

(j) Acquire, under such terms and conditions and in such manner
as may be deemed proper, any real property in Wicomico County
or interest in such real property.

(k) Develop, redevelop, extend, alter, improve, repair, renovate,
or modernize any real property or personal property which may be
owned, controlled, or operated by the Authority.

(l) Acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or any other legal means
other than the exercise of the power of eminent domain, on such
terms and conditions and in such manner as may be deemed proper,
any new or used personal property, including rolling or mobile
equipment and other equipment, of every kind, nature, and character,
as may be deemed by the Authority to be necessary, convenient, or
useful in connection with the operation and maintenance of a mass
transportation system or any part thereof; and sell, lease, rent,
or otherwise dispose of such personal property to any public or
private legal entity which is operating a mass transportation system
in the County, for public transportation facility use only, and for
no other purpose, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed
proper by the Authority.

(m) Sell, lease, rent, convey, transfer, or otherwise dispose of
any real property, or interest therein, owned or controlled by the
Authority, to any public or private legal entity which is operating
a mass transportation system in the County, upon such terms and
conditions as may be deemed proper by the Authority.

(n) Sell, lease, convey, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any real
or personal property owned or controlled by the Authority when
any such property is deemed by the Authority to be no longer useful
to, or needed by, the Authority, or exchange such property for any
other property or rights which is or are useful to, or needed by, the
Authority, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed proper
by the Authority.

(o) Petition for and receive and accept from the United States of
America, the State of Maryland, or any political subdivision thereof,
or instrumentality, agency, or department of any of them, or from
any other source, any loan, grant, contribution, assistance, or aid