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   Corporate Boundaries

Article III. Mayor and City Council

   3.1   Temporary Officers

   3.2   Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore

   3.3   Composition of Village Council

   3.4   Terms; Qualifications; Vacancies

   3.5   Compensation of Mayor and Members of Council

   3.6   Organization of Council; Oaths of Office

   3.7   Meeting of Council

   3.7.1   Rules of Order

   3.8   Quorum; Votes

   3.9   Ordinances and Resolutions

Article IV. Election Procedure

   4.1   Regular Municipal Elections

   4.2   Regulation of Elections

Article V. Village Attorney

   5.1   Appointment, Qualifications, Term, Compensation

   5.2   Duties of the Village Attorney

Article VI. Administrative Officers and Employees

   6.1   Village Clerk

   6.2   Village Tax Collector

   6.3   Village Finance Officer

   6.4   Consolidation of Functions

   6.5   Other Employees

Article VII. Finance

   7.1   Custody of Village Money

   7.2   Issuance of Bonds

   7.3   Purchases and Contracts

   7.4   Independent Audit

   7.5   Taxation

Article VIII. Claims Against the Village

   8.1   Tort Claims

Article IX. Effective Date

ARTICLE I. INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE POWERS

SECTION 1.1 INCORPORATION AND GENERAL POWERS.

   The inhabitants of the area described in Section 2.1 of this Charter:

   (a)   shall be and constitute a body politic and corporate under the name of the Village of Simpson

   (b)   shall be vested with all property which may be acquired by the Village and all rights herein delegated

   (c)   shall have perpetual succession

   (d)   may sue and be sued

   (e)   may contract

   (f)   may acquire and hold all such property, real and personal, as may be devised, bequeathed, sold or in any manner conveyed to, dedicated to, or otherwise acquired by it

   (g)   may from time to time, hold or invest, sell, or dispose of the same

   (h)   shall have and may exercise in conformity with this Charter all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of every kind and nature.

SECTION 1.2 EXERCISE OF POWERS.

   All powers, functions, rights, privileges, and immunities of the Village, its officers, agencies, or employees shall be carried into execution as provided by this Charter, or, if this Charter makes no provision, as provided by ordinance or resolution of the Village Council and as provided by the general Laws of North Carolina pertaining to municipal corporations.