[HISTORY: Adopted 4-11-1989. Amendments noted where applicable.]
PREAMBLE
The people of the Town of Barnstable, desiring
to manage their affairs in an honest, forthright, and efficient manner,
and wishing to participate most fully in exercising the rights and
responsibilities of local government, and praying for the minimum
of interference from the yet larger state, do adhere to this charter.
We assert our willingness to assume all responsibility
for the conduct of matters pertaining to the town, and do by this
document earnestly affirm our right as inhabitants of Barnstable,
to live and grow in freedom, dignity, and tranquillity.
