CHARTER
Section
CHAPTER 1
INCORPORATION AND BOUNDARIES
INCORPORATION AND BOUNDARIES
§ 1.1. Incorporation.
§ 1.2. Boundaries.
CHAPTER 2
POWERS
POWERS
§ 2.1. General grant of powers.
§ 2.2. Adoption of powers granted by the Code of Virginia.
CHAPTER 3
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
MAYOR AND COUNCIL
§ 3.1. Election, qualification and term of office for Council.
§ 3.2. Vacancies on Council.
§ 3.3. Council.
§ 3.4. Election, qualification and term of office for Mayor.
§ 3.5. Vacancies in office of Mayor.
§ 3.6. Vice Mayor.
§ 3.7. Meetings of Council.
§ 3.8. Compensation.
CHAPTER 4
APPOINTIVE OFFICERS
APPOINTIVE OFFICERS
§ 4.1. Appointments.
CHAPTER 5
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
§ 5.1. Fiscal year.
ARTICLE 6
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
§ 6.1. Ordinance continued in force.
§ 6.2. Severability of provision.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the General Assembly of Virginia 1-13-1993. Amendments noted where applicable.]
CHAPTER 1
INCORPORATION AND BOUNDARIES
INCORPORATION AND BOUNDARIES
The inhabitants of the territory comprised within the present limits of the Town of Independence, as such limits are now or may hereafter be altered and established by law, shall constitute and continue to be a body politic and corporate, to be known and designated as the Town of Independence (the “town”), and as such shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and may have a corporate seal which it may alter, renew or amend at its pleasure by proper ordinance.
The boundaries of the town until altered, are those established in § 2 of Chapter 225 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, and the amendment of such section contained in Chapter 92, Acts of Assembly of 1952, and the Circuit Court of Grayson County by Order dated July 29, 1977, in Chancery Case No. 2392.
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