Sec. 1.1. Incorporation and general powers.- The City of Asheboro shall continue to be a body politic and corporate under the name of the "City of Asheboro," and shall continue to be vested with all property and rights which now belong to the city; shall have perpetual succession; may have a common seal and alter and renew the same at pleasure; may sue and be sued; may contract, may acquire and hold all such property, real and personal, as may be devised, bequeathed, sold or in any manner conveyed or dedicated to it, or otherwise acquired by it, and may from time to time hold or invest, sell, or dispose of the same; and shall have and may exercise in conformity with this Charter all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every name and nature.
Sec. 1.2 Exercise of powers. - All powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of the city, its officers, agencies, or employees, shall be carried into execution as provided by this Charter, or, if this Charter makes no provision, as provided by ordinance or resolution of the city council and as provided by the general laws of North Carolina pertaining to municipal corporations.
Sec. 1.3 Enumerated powers not exclusive. - The enumeration of particular powers by this Charter shall not be held or deemed to be exclusive but, in addition to the powers enumerated herein or implied hereby, or those appropriate to the exercise of such powers, the City of Asheboro shall have and may exercise all powers which are granted to municipal corporations by the general laws of North Carolina and all powers which, under the Constitution of North Carolina, it would be competent for this Charter specifically to enumerate.
Sec. 1.4 Form of government; certain general laws not applicable. - The form of government of the City of Asheboro shall be the council-manager form, as specified in this Charter.
(Amended by Senate Bill 1497, passed 6-4-90)