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For the benefit of the county of Essex and the inhabitants thereof, an industrial development agency, to be known as the ESSEX COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY is hereby established for the accomplishment of any or all of the purposes specified in title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.  It shall constitute a body corporate and politic and be perpetual in duration.  It shall have the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred by title one of the article eighteen-A of this chapter upon industrial development agencies and provided that the exercise of the powers by such agency with respect to the acquisition of real property whether by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, shall be limited to the corporate limits of the county of Essex, and such agency shall take into consideration the local zoning and planning reulations as well as the regional and local comprehensive land use plans.  It shall be organized in a manner prescribed by and be subject to the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A of this chapter.  Its members shall be appointed by the governing body of the county of Essex.  The agency, its members, officers and employees and its operations and activities shall in all repects be governed by the provisions of title one of article eighteen-A (June 11, 1973).