A port may by ordinance in accordance with ORS § 198.510 to 198.600 make, modify or abolish regulations to provide for the policing, control, regulation and management of property owned, operated, maintained or controlled by the port. A port, for the purpose of enforcing such ordinances, may appoint peace officers who shall have the same authority, for the purpose of the enforcement of the ordinances, as other peace officers. [1955 c.699 2,3,4; 1959 c.255 § 1; 1971 c.268 § 21; 1971 c.728 § 42]