The phrase "authorized to appoint" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in contexts where someone has the official power or permission to make appointments, such as in a job description or legal document.
Example: "The committee is authorized to appoint new members to the board."
Alternatives: "empowered to designate" or "permitted to select".
If, as also occurred in 1876, there is controversy about "which of two or more of such State authorities... is the lawful tribunal" authorized to appoint electors, then each House shall determine separately which votes are "supported by the decision of such State so authorized by its law".
And his old friend Gray Davis was authorized to appoint two members.
The official who would be authorized to appoint him shall give him a discharge certificate.
Under the North Dakota statute the county commissions are authorized to appoint a drainage board in each county.
The president is the commander in chief of the armed forces and is authorized to appoint and remove commanders of the army and police.
According to their reasoning, if the majority of people voted for Mr. Carnahan, Lt. Gov. Roger B. Wilson, a Democrat who has become acting governor, would be authorized to appoint his replacement for a two-year term.
Act July 16, 1952, § 3(b), authorized Commission to appoint employees, allowed each commissioner to appoint a legal assistant, and a secretary, and allowed the Chairman to appoint an administrative assistant.
After I linked in an earlier post to the analyses of legal scholars who had opined that the Senate isn't authorized to deny the duly appointed Roland Burris membership in its club, several other preeminent jurists came forth with a different conclusion based on reasoning that the first group had apparently overlooked.
They are further authorized to engage counsel or advocates, appointed by themselves, to state their case and uphold their interests before the Commission.
Even should a loss notice be issued, when the passport is found later, it is legally valid and the police officials are not appointed or authorized to follow the loss notices.
In addition to his work being examined by the chaplains, Aitken requested that his Bible "be published under the Authority of Congress,"(10) and that he "be commissioned or otherwise appointed & Authorized to print and vend Editions of the Sacred Scriptures".(11) He also asked Congress to purchase some of his Bibles and distribute them to the states.
