The boards shall be fully empowered to operate, govern, supervise, manage, control, direct, acquire, construct, maintain, improve and extend the facilities of the vocational schools. To that end, the boards shall have the following powers:

1. (1) To have perpetual succession.
2. (2) To sue and be sued.
3. (3) To adopt, use and alter an institutional seal.
4. (4) To define a quorum for meetings.
5. (5) To establish a principal office.
6. (6) To make bylaws for the management and regulation of their affairs.
7. (7) To acquire, build, construct, equip, maintain and operate a vocational school or schools.
8. (8) To select a vocational school director or directors.
9. (9) To accept gifts or grants of services, properties or monies from private individuals or entities, from the State of South Carolina, the United States or agencies thereof.
10. (10) To make contracts and execute and deliver all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of the business of the vocational school.
11. (11) To acquire in the name of the cooperating districts, as tenants in common, by purchase or gift, all land and interest therein which the boards shall, in their discretion, deem necessary to enable them to fully and adequately discharge their responsibilities.
12. (12) To appoint officers, agents and employees and prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and determine if and to what extent they shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties; and to make contracts for construction, architectural, engineering, legal and other services and materials.
13. (13) To determine each school year the student capacity of the vocational school, with the capacity to be apportioned by agreement among the cooperating districts. In the event that in any school year any of the respective boards fail to fulfill their quota, the other boards shall be permitted to fill such unused allocation with students from their county. The boards utilizing the unused allocation shall pay for each student on a pro rata part of the year's current operating expenses based upon the budget. This amount shall be paid at the beginning of the fiscal year, except that the actual cost shall not be computed until the end of the current school year or the end of each semester and adjustments shall be made at that time. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the cost of maintenance, support and operations of the vocational schools jointly.
14. (14) To perform all other actions necessary or convenient to carry out any responsibility, function or power committed or granted to the boards.