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Article 1
INCORPORATION; TOWN FORM OF GOVERNMENT; POWER
Sec. 1.1. Incorporation.
The inhabitants of the Town of Durham shall continue to be a body
politic and corporate under the name of the "Town of Durham"
and as such to enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges
and be subject to all the duties and liabilities now appertaining
to or incumbent upon them as a municipal corporation. All existing
property of the town shall remain vested in it, and all its existing
debts and obligations shall remain obligatory upon it under this
Charter.
Sec. 1.2. Town Form of Government.
The administration of the fiscal, prudential, municipal and other
affairs of the town, with the governance thereof, shall be vested
in a Town Council, shall be directed by a Town Administrator and
shall consist of the various departments of the town as established
by this Charter and from time to time by the Town Council. Except
as expressly authorized by this Charter, no Councilor shall participate
in the conduct of the administrative affairs of the town.
Sec. 1.3. Construction.
A. The powers of the municipality under this Charter are to be construed
liberally in favor of the town, and the specific mention of particular
powers is not intended to limit in any way the general powers of
the municipality as stated in 1.1.
B. Any word in this Charter which may be construed to be either
masculine or feminine gender shall be considered gender-free.
Sec. 1.4. Intergovernmental Relations.
Subject only to express limitations in the provisions of the New
Hampshire statutes, the town may exercise any of its powers or perform
any of its functions under this Charter and may participate in the
financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise,
with the State of New Hampshire or any political subdivision or
agency thereof or the United States of America or any agency thereof.
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