The City of Breckenridge, in the County of Wilkin, in the State
of Minnesota, shall continue to be a City under the name of the City
of Breckenridge, and shall continue to be a municipal corporation.
The limits and boundaries of this City shall be as now established
and shall include all territories heretofore annexed or hereafter
made part of the City.
The City of Breckenridge shall be divided into such wards or
precincts as the City Council may from time to time establish by resolution.
Ward and precinct boundaries may be changed at any time by resolution
of the City Council. Until changed by resolution of the City Council,
the wards now established and in existence at the time this amendment
takes effect shall continue.
The City shall have all powers of local self-government and
home rule and all powers possible for a municipal corporation to have
under the Constitution of the State of Minnesota. The City shall have
all powers possessed by municipal corporations at common law and that
now or hereafter may be granted to municipalities by the laws of the
State of Minnesota. All such powers shall be exercised in the manner
prescribed in this Charter or by the laws of the State of Minnesota,
or if not so prescribed, as shall be provided by ordinance of the
Council.
The provisions of this Charter shall be construed liberally
in favor of the City, to the end that it may have all the powers necessary
for the efficient conduct of its municipal affairs. The specific mention
of particular municipal powers in other sections of this Charter shall
not be construed as limiting the general powers of the City to those
specifically mentioned.
