[History: Adopted by the electors of the Town 11-7-2006. Amendments noted where applicable. A uniform system of punctuation and capitalization has been used. Obvious misspellings have been corrected without notation, and material in brackets [ ] has been added for clarity.]
PREAMBLE. We, the electors of the Town of Durham, acting pursuant to the applicable statutes of the State of Connecticut relating to the adoption of town charters, in order to provide a basic organic law defining the powers, duties, rights and obligations of the citizens, officers and administrative bodies of the Town of Durham, do hereby approve this Charter for the Town of Durham.