Section 23848 - Governing bodyA. The powers of each Authority shall be exercised by a board composed of five members, all of whom shall be residents of the county organizing the Authority or the county wherein the city organizing the Authority is located. The municipal authorities of the county or the Mayor of the city shall appoint the members of the board, whose terms of office shall commence on the date of appointment, and one of whom shall serve for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years and one for five years, from the January first next succeeding the date of incorporation. Thereafter, whenever a vacancy has occurred or is about to occur by reason of the expiration of the term of any member, the said municipal authorities or Mayors, as the case may be, shall appoint a member of the board for a term of five years to succeed the member whose term has expired or is about to expire. Appointments, in the case of a joint county-city authority, shall be apportioned in the following manner: two members to be appointed by the municipal authority of the county; two members to be appointed by the Mayor of the city; and the fifth member to be appointed by concurring action of the municipal authority of the county and the Mayor of the city. Members of the board may be removed at the will of the appointing power, and, in the case of a joint county city authority, the fifth member may be removed at will by either of the appointing powers.B. Members shall hold office until their successors have been appointed and may succeed themselves. A member shall receive no compensation for his services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including travelling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. If a vacancy shall occur by reason of the death, disqualification, resignation or removal of a member, the appointing power shall appoint a successor to fill his unexpired term.C. The members of the board shall select from among themselves a chairman, a vice-chairman and such other officers as the board may determine. The board may employ a secretary, an executive director, its own counsel and legal staff and such technical experts and such other agents and employes, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation of such persons. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for its meetings. Members of the board shall not be liable personally on the bonds or other obligations of the Authority and the rights of creditors shall be solely against such Authority. The board may delegate to one or more of its agents or employes such of its powers as it shall deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, subject always to the supervision and control of the board. The board shall have full authority to manage the properties and business of the Authority and to prescribe, amend and repeal by-laws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the business of the Authority may be conducted and the powers granted to it may be exercised and embodied.1953, July 29, P.L. 1034, § 8.