CHARTER
   Art. I.   Incorporation, Corporate Powers and Boundaries, § 1.1 through 1.3
   Art. II.   Mayor and City Council, §§ 2.1 through 2.4
   Art. III.   Elections, §§ 3.1 through 3.4
   Art. IV.   Organization and Administration, §§ 4.1 through 4.8
   Art. V.   Retirement, §§ 5.1 through 5.28
         Ch. 1. General Retirement Benefits, §§ 5.1 through 5.20
         Ch. 2. Reserved, §§ 5.21 through 5.28
   Art. VI.   Alcoholic Beverage Control, §§ 6.1 through 6.4
   Art. VII.   Special Provisions, §§ 7.1, 7.2
Editor’s note:
   The charter was ratified by the North Carolina Legislature by Chapter 341, Session Laws of1979. On March 10, 1983 the North Carolina Legislature, by Chapter 58 of such year’