The Common Council shall adopt ordinances to carry into effect
the provisions of this charter.
The certification of appointment to any office of this city,
duly signed by the City Clerk, and sealed with the corporate seal,
shall be prima facie evidence of such appointment in all courts and
elsewhere in this state.
Each Board and commission created hereby shall keep books properly
indexed, in which shall be kept a record of all proceedings, resolutions
and rules adopted by it, and an accurate statement of all moneys disbursed
by it and for what purposes, which books shall be kept on file with
the City Clerk and shall be open to inspection by the inhabitants
of the city.
14.20.1 Upon the adoption of this charter, the previous Charter of the City of Glens Falls, New York, being chapter 29 of the Laws of 1908 and the acts amendatory thereto, is repealed, except that with respect to: (1) the 1964 budget, (2) budget procedures, (3) fiscal year, (4) levy and collection of taxes, (5) term of office of elective officers, and (6) limitation on consecutive years in any one elective office, it shall remain in effect until the dates indicated in Section 14.28
14.20.2 Upon the adoption of this charter, all laws and parts
of laws relating to or affecting the City of Glens Falls remaining
in force when this charter shall take effect are hereby repealed and
superseded to the extent that any of them are inconsistent with the
provisions of this charter, and no further.
14.20.3 The local laws and ordinances of this city, and the
rules and regulations of all officers and Boards thereof, in force
at the time this charter takes effect shall, so far as they are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, continue in full
force and virtue until changed, rescinded or altered by the proper
authorities.
14.20.4 Wherever this charter provides for an office, Board
or commission by the same name or title as existed under the prior
charter the incumbent or incumbents of such prior office, Board or
commission upon the effective date of this charter shall continue
as officers or members of the Boards or Commissions, respectively,
for the remainder of their unexpired terms.
14.22.1 The powers which are conferred and the duties which
are imposed upon any officer, bureau, Board or department of the city
under any statute of the state, or any city ordinance, shall, if such
office, bureau, Board or department be abolished by this charter,
be thereafter exercised and discharged by the officer, bureau, Board
or department upon which is imposed corresponding or like duties,
powers and functions and pursuant to the provisions of this charter.
14.22.2 The adoption of this charter shall not affect any action
already existing or accrued, or any liability incurred by reason of
any violation of a law heretofore existing or any suit or proceeding
already instituted, or action had under the laws or ordinances, unless
expressly provided in this charter.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph or part of any section shall
for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof, directly involved in
the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Upon the acceptance of this charter, the Common Council, in
preparing the budget for 1964, shall provide for revenues necessary
to meet obligations and expenditures for a thirteen-month period,
from the beginning of the fiscal year on December 1, 1963, to the
beginning of the succeeding fiscal year, January 1, 1965.
This charter shall take effect on the first day of January,
1964, except that its effective date for the following matters shall
be as indicated in each case:
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Section 14.26
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(1964 budget)
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First day of December, 1963.
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(budget procedures)
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First day of August, 1964.
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Section 11.2
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(fiscal year)
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First day of January, 1965.
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(levy of taxes)
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First day of December, 1964.
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Section 12.18.2
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(collection of taxes)
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First day of January, 1965.
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Sections 12.18.1 and 12.18.3
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(collection of taxes)
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First day of February, 1965.
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Section 2.2.2
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(four-year term)
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First day of January, 1966.
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Section 2.2.3
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(time limit in office)
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First day of January, 1966.
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Sections 12.20; 12.22; 12.24; 12.26; 12.28; 12.30; 12.32 and 12.34 shall not become effective until September 15, 1965, as the procedures provided for therein apply to taxes imposed upon real estate for city budgetary purposes for the fiscal year December 1, 1963, through December 31, 1964. [Amended 12-9-1964 by L.L. No. 2-1964]
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