That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Oxford shall be the governing body of said city and shall have the power to make ordinances, rules, and regulations for the better government of the city as authorized herein and under Chapter 160 [now 160A] of the North Carolina General Statutes and amendments thereto, and may enforce such rules, regulations and ordinances, by imposing penalties on such as violate them; and may compel the performance of the duties imposed upon others, by suitable penalties, and shall also make and provide for the execution of such ordinances, rules, and regulations for the better government of the City of Oxford as they may deem necessary; provided, however, that such ordinances, rules,
and regulations shall not be inconsistent with this Charter and the law of the land.
(Session Laws 1963, Ch. 971, Art. III, § 7)
Statutory reference:
Duties, see G.S. §§ 160A-1 et seq.