CHARTER

Section

Article I. Incorporation and Corporate Powers

   1.1.   Incorporation and general powers

   1.2.   Exercise of powers

   1.3.   Enumerated powers not exclusive

Article II. Corporate Boundaries

   2.1.   Existing corporate boundaries

   2.2.   Extension of corporate boundaries

Article III. Mayor and Board of Alderpersons

   3.1.   Composition of board of alderpersons

   3.2.   Mayor and mayor pro tempore

   3.3.   Terms; qualifications; vacancies

   3.4.   Organization of board of alderpersons; oath of office

   3.5.   Meetings of board

   3.6.   Ordinances and resolutions

Article IV. Elections

   4.1.   Regular municipal elections

   4.2.   Other municipal elections

Article V. Town Attorney

   5.1.   Appointment; qualifications; terms; compensation

   5.2.   Duties

Article VI. Administrative Officers and Employees

   6.1.   Form of government

   6.2.   Deleted

   6.3.   Town administrator/town clerk

   6.4.   Town tax collector

   6.5.   Other officers and employees

Article VII. Finance

   7.1.   Custody of town money

   7.2.   Independent audit

Article VIII. Claims Against Town

   8.1.   Presentation of claims; suit upon claims

Article IX. Town Electric System

   9.1.   Sale, lease or discontinuance of municipally owned electric system

Article X. Street and Sidewalk Improvements

   10.1.   Authority to make street improvements; assessment of costs

   10.2.   When petition for street improvements unnecessary

   10.3.   “Street improvement” defined

   10.4.   Authority to make sidewalk improvements; assessment of costs

   10.5.   Assessment procedure

   10.6.   Effect of assessments

   10.7.   Acceptance of conveyance in satisfaction of assessments

Article XI. Prohibited Acts

   11.1.   Repealed

   11.2.   Discharge of firearms and explosives

Editor’s note:

   Set out herein is the Charter of the Town of Landis, as contained in section 1 of Session Laws 1975, chapter 213, ratified May 5, 1975, together with all acts amendatory thereof. Acts amending the Charter are cited following the sections affected. Unless so cited, each section derives unchanged from the original act.

   A uniform system of capitalization and spelling has been employed, and a frontal analysis has been added for the convenience of the user. Catch-lines have been added or altered where necessary to more accurately reflect the contents of each section.