The electors of the State of Connecticut, dwelling within the
territorial limits of the Town of Wethersfield, as the same now or
may hereafter be established by law, shall continue forever hereafter
to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of The "Town of Wethersfield,"
hereinafter called the "town"; and, as such, shall have perpetual
succession, be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being
impleaded and of purchasing, receiving, leasing, holding, managing
and conveying any estate real or personal.
By virtue of this Charter, said town shall be absolutely vested
with, possess and enjoy all lands, tenements, hereditament, property
and rights, choses in action and estates which at the effective date
of this Charter were vested in said town.
There are hereby vested in the town all powers vested therein,
or in any officer, board or Commission thereof, at the effective date
of this Charter by the General Statutes and special acts; and all
other powers relevant to the property, government and affairs of the
town, whose exercise is not specifically prohibited to towns, by the
Constitution and General Statutes of the state. The enumeration of
specific powers in this Charter shall not be taken to be a limitation
on this general grant of powers but in addition thereto.
