ARTICLE I - NAME, BOUNDARIES AND CLASSIFICATION
 
SEC. 1.01 NAME AND BOUNDARIES.
   The Municipality presently incorporated, as the City of Milford, in the Counties of Clermont and Hamilton, State of Ohio, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate with all the privileges and powers pertaining thereto. The municipality shall have the boundaries that now exist and shall have authority to change its boundaries by annexation, detachment, and other proceedings authorized by the general laws of the State of Ohio. Territory added to the Municipality shall immediately become subject to the provisions of this Charter.
(Amended 11-3-81)
SEC. 1.02 CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION.
   The Municipality shall have perpetual succession and whenever by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio, the City of Milford shall become a village, such village shall be deemed to be a continuation of the City of Milford, identical therewith, but under the name of the Village of Milford, and this Charter and all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, powers, and obligations shall continue with the same force and effect with relation to the Village of Milford as to the City of Milford, unless or until each shall be altered, amended or repealed under the authority of this Charter.
(Amended 11-3-81)