The inhabitants of the Town of Salisbury, within
the corporate limits as established by law, shall continue to be a
body corporate and politic with perpetual succession under the name
"Town of Salisbury."
This instrument shall be known and may be cited as the Salisbury
Home Rule Charter.
Subject only to express limitation of the exercise of any power
or function by a municipality in the constitution or laws of the Commonwealth, it is the intent and the purpose of the voters of Salisbury to secure through the adoption of this Charter, all of the powers it is possible to secure for a
municipal government under the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth.
The supervision of all of the fiscal, prudential and municipal
affairs of the Town shall be vested in the Board of Selectmen.
The administration of these affairs shall be the responsibility of
the Town Manager. The legislative powers of the Town shall be vested in a Town Meeting open to
all registered voters.
The powers of the Town of Salisbury, under this Charter, are to be construed liberally in its favor and the
specific mention of any particular power is not intended to limit
in any way the general powers of the Town of Salisbury as stated in Section 1-3.
The Town may enter into lawful agreements with
any other unit of government to perform jointly or in cooperation,
by contract or otherwise, any of its powers or functions.
To the extent any by-laws, votes, rules or regulations of or
pertaining to the Town of Salisbury, are in force and
contravene or otherwise conflict with the provisions of this Charter, then the Charter provisions shall take
precedence over said existing by-laws, votes, rules or regulations,
excepting such votes as are expressly intended to amend this Charter.
For the purpose of this Charter, all references
to officers, employees or other persons shall be read as applying
equally to males and females, regardless of gender of pronoun used.
