[HISTORY: Adopted by the Charter Commission
of the Town of Lincoln 10-2-1958; adopted by the electors of the Town 11-4-1958. Amendments noted where
applicable.][1]
PREAMBLE
We the People of the Town of Lincoln being duly organized as
a body politic under the Constitution of the United States of America
and the Constitution of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
do hereby establish this Charter toward the end that those services
necessary for the common good may be equitably, efficiently, and harmoniously
supplied. [Amended 11-6-1990]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amendments to the original
Charter are indicated by bolded, bracketed histories at the amended
provisions. A uniform system of capitalization and number citation
has been used. Obvious misspellings and typographical errors have
been corrected without notation and text material in brackets { }
has been added for clarity.
