The Town of Surf City shall have all the rights, privileges, powers, immunities and liabilities which are conferred upon and are incident to incorporated cities and towns by virtue of the laws of the State of North Carolina, and all such as are created, limited, modified, or extended by this act; but whenever this act shall be in conflict with, or repugnant to, the general laws of the state applicable to cities and towns, then this act shall govern and control insofar as the rights, privileges, powers, immunities and liabilities of the Town of Surf City are concerned.