The inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln within
the corporate limits as now established or as hereafter established
in the manner provided by law, shall continue to be a municipal body
politic and corporate, under the name of Town of Lincoln.
The form of Town government provided by this
Charter shall be the Administrator-Council form of government. Pursuant
to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the
State Constitution and by this Charter, all powers of the Town, except
those vested in the Financial Town Meeting, shall be vested in an
elected Town Council which shall enact local legislation, and in an
elected Town Administrator who shall be responsible for the execution
of the laws and the administration of the Town government.
The Town shall have all the powers granted to
towns by the Home Rule Amendment and other provisions of the Constitution
and General Laws of this state together with all such additional powers
as hereafter may be granted to the Town by the laws of the state,
together with all powers implied in or incident to the powers expressly
granted. The Town shall have power to sue and be sued, to enact ordinances
and to make rules and regulations necessary and proper for carrying
into execution its powers, and such ordinances may be made enforceable
by the imposition of fines, forfeitures and penalties. The Town may
enter into contracts with the state or any political subdivision thereof
for services and the use of facilities. The Town may acquire property
within or without its corporate limits for Town purposes, in fee simple
or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, lease, gift, devise
or condemnation for public use, and may hold, manage and control,
and may sell, lease, and convey such property as its interests may
require. Except as prohibited by the Constitution of this state or
by laws enacted by the General Assembly in conformity with powers
reserved to the General Assembly by the Constitution of this state
or as restricted by this Charter, the Town shall have and may exercise
all municipal powers, functions, rights, privileges and immunities
of every name and nature whatsoever. The enumeration of particular
powers by this Charter shall not be deemed to be exclusive, and in
addition to the powers enumerated therein or implied thereby, or appropriate
to the exercise of such powers, it is intended that the Town shall
have and may exercise all powers which, under the Constitution of
this state, it would be competent for this Charter specifically to
enumerate. All powers of the Town shall be exercised in the manner
prescribed by this Charter and by state law, or if the manner not
prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
[Added 11-2-2010]
In construing this Charter, a word importing the masculine gender
only shall extend and be applied to females and to firms, partnerships
and corporations as well as to males unless such construction would
be manifestly inconsistent with the intent of the people or repugnant
to the context or to the intent of any Charter provision.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sec. 1-4, Gender, as
amended 11-6-1990, was repealed 11-10-2002.
