The City of Weatherford, Oklahoma, within the corporate limits
as now established or as hereafter may be established, shall continue
to be a municipal body politic and corporate in perpetuity under the
name of the "City of Weatherford, Oklahoma." It shall succeed to and
possess all the property, rights, privileges, franchises, powers and
immunities now belonging to the corporation known as the City of Weatherford,
Oklahoma; and shall be liable for all debts and other obligations
for which the corporation is legally bound at the time this charter
goes into effect.
The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known
as the "Commission - Mayor Government." All powers of the city shall
be exercised in the manner prescribed by this charter, or, if the
manner is not thus prescribed, then in such manner as the Commission
shall prescribe by the ordinance.
The city shall have all powers, functions, rights, privileges,
franchises and immunities granted to cities by the state constitution
and law, and all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution
all powers granted. Except as prohibited by the state constitution
and law, the city shall have all municipal powers, functions, rights,
privileges, franchises and immunities of every name and nature whatsoever.
The city shall have power to adopt a corporate seal and to alter
it at pleasure, to sue and to be sued, and to make contracts. It shall
have power to acquire property within or without its corporate limits
for any purpose, including public utilities, works and ways in fee
simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise,
lease, condemnation or other legal means; and to hold, maintain, improve,
enlarge, manage, control, operate, lease, sell, convey or otherwise
dispose of, such property as its interests may require, including
public utilities, works and ways. It shall have power to issue bonds
in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the state constitution
and law. It shall have power, within the limits prescribed by the
state constitution and law to accept and administer federal and state
grants-in-aid and to do everything necessary to accomplish the purpose
and purposes for which such grants may be made. It shall have power
to ordain and to enforce local legislation, consistent with the state
constitution and law, for the proper organization and functioning
of the city government for the preservation and enforcement of good
government and order, for the protection of health, life, morals and
removal of nuisances, and otherwise for the promotion of the common
welfare. It shall have the power to grant, extend and renew franchises
in accordance with the state constitution and law.
The enumeration or mention of particular powers by this charter
shall not be deemed to be exclusive or limiting; and in addition to
the powers enumerated or mentioned herein or implied hereby, the city
shall have all powers which, under the state constitution and law,
it would be competent for this charter specifically to enumerate or
mention. Provisions of the state law relating to matters which may
be regulated by cities operating under charters, shall be in effect
only insofar as they are applicable and are not superseded by this
charter or by ordinance.
