The citizens of the State of New York who may,
from time to time, reside within the territorial limits of the City
of Gloversville, as specified in this Charter or any amendment thereof,
are hereby continued to be a municipal corporation in perpetuity under
the name of "City of Gloversville."
The territorial limits of the City of Gloversville
now existing shall continue and shall include all those lands presently
depicted upon the Official City Map and maintained by the Engineer
in the Department of Public Works. The City Clerk shall maintain in
his office a written metes and bounds description of such territorial
limits. Whenever in the future there shall be annexations of land
to the city (or conveyances of land from the city), the said land
shall become a part of the city upon the conclusion of the legal proceedings
associated therewith, and the Official City Map, and the written metes
and bounds description maintained by the City Clerk shall be amended
to reflect such annexations. However, the Official Map shall take
precedence with respect to any discrepancies between the Official
Map and the written metes and bounds description.
The said City of Gloversville is hereby divided
into six (6) wards. The ward boundaries now existing shall continue
and shall include all those lands presently depicted upon the Official
City Ward Map maintained by the Engineer in the Department of Public
Works. The City Clerk shall maintain in his office a written description
of the boundaries of the respective six wards. In the event of future
changes in the ward boundaries, the Official City Ward Map and the
written description shall be amended to reflect same. Any discrepancies
between the ward map and the written description shall be resolved
in favor of the ward map.
The City of Gloversville shall have all the
powers possible for a city now to have or in the future to have under
the constitution and laws of the State of New York as fully and completely
as though they were specifically enumerated in this Charter.
The powers of the City of Gloversville under
this Charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the City of
Gloversville, and specific mention of particular powers in this Charter
shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general powers as
stated herein.
The official year of the city shall begin on
the first day of January in each year and end on the 31st day of December.
