A. Incorporation and Name of the City. All that part of the County of Mower, State of Minnesota, within the limits and boundaries hereinafter described, shall be a city, and the inhabitants thereof shall be and form a municipal corporation under the name and style of the City of Austin.
B. General Powers. The City shall have all powers which it may now or hereafter be possible for a municipal corporation in this State to exercise in harmony with the constitutions of this state and of the United States. It is the intention of this Charter that every power which the people of the city might lawfully confer upon themselves as a municipal corporation, by specific enumeration in this Charter, shall be deemed to have been so conferred by the provisions of this section.
C. Construction. The powers of the City under this Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City, and the specific mention of particular powers in this Charter, or an amendment thereof, shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general powers stated in this article.