TERRITORIAL CHARTER  


§ 1.1. Town established
§ 1.2. Territory defined
§ 1.3. Annexation
§ 1.4. Powers
§ 2.1. Composition
§ 2.2. Term of office
§ 2.3. Qualifications
§ 2.4. Vacancies
§ 2.5. Staggered terms established
§ 2.6. Judges over membership
§ 2.7. Quorum, attendance
§ 2.8. Discipline of members, procedural rules
§ 2.9. Journal of proceedings
§ 2.10. No appointments to office, emoluments not to be increased
§ 2.11. Oath
§ 2.12. Establish policies, procedures, laws
§ 3.1. Office created, term
§ 3.2. Police judge qualifications
§ 3.3. Vacancies
§ 4.1. Election day
§ 4.2. Elector qualifications
§ 4.3. Election laws applicable
§ 5.1. Levy, collect taxes
§ 5.2. Bonds, borrowing
§ 5.3. Appropriate funds
§ 5.4. Health regulations
§ 5.5. Establish, regulate hospitals
§ 5.6. Determine nuisances
§ 5.7. Water supply
§ 5.8. Provide for streets and sidewalks
§ 5.9. Establish bridges
§ 5.10. Establish wards
§ 5.11. Street lights, lampposts
§ 5.12. Regulate markets, marketplaces
§ 5.13. Provide buildings for town use
§ 5.14. Maintain public property
§ 5.15. License, tax merchants, peddlers
§ 5.16. License, tax theatrical exhibitions, shows
§ 5.17. License, regulate alcohol sales
§ 5.18. Fire prevention policies, fire companies
§ 5.19. Storage of gunpowder, combustible materials
§ 5.20. Animal restraint, fences, walls
§ 5.21. Regulate election and removal of officers
§ 5.22. Compensation of officers, juror and witness fees
§ 5.23. Establish penalties, fines, regulate police
§ 5.24. Power to pass ordinances
§ 5.25. Style of ordinances
§ 5.26. Publication and posting of ordinances
§ 5.27. Print, prove ordinances
§ 5.28. Appointment of town officials
§ 5.29. Sales, use, and excise tax
§ 5.30. Purchase and sale of water rights and real property
§ 6.1. Powers and duties
§ 6.2. Absence of police judge at meeting
§ 6.3. Compensation
§ 7.1. Opening, widening streets by town, eminent domain
§ 7.2. Special improvement districts
§ 8.1. Municipal court established
§ 8.2. Municipal judge
§ 8.3. Removal of judge
§ 9.1. Town administrator
§ 9.2. Town clerk
§ 9.3. Town treasurer
§ 9.4. Town attorney
§ 10.1. Fines, penalties to treasury
§ 10.2. Annual fiscal report
§ 10.3. Suits and actions in town name
§ 10.4. Charter a public act, evidence in court
§ 10.5. Repeal of certain ordinances
§ 10.6. Marshal authority to act
§ 10.7. Actions for penalties brought in town name
§ 10.8. Charter effective date
Article I. Incorporation
Article II. Board of Selectmen
Article III. Office of Police Judge
Article IV. Elections
Article V. Powers of the Board of Selectmen
Article VI. Powers and Duties of the Police Judge
Article VII. Proceedings in Special Cases
Article VIII. Municipal Court
Article IX. Town Administration
Article X. Miscellaneous Provisions