If any provision of this Charter shall be judged
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 particular provision involved.
Amendments to this Charter shall be in conformity
with the provisions of Act 62 of the General Assembly of 1972, and
as amended from time to time.
The term "publish" in this Charter shall mean
publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Municipality.
Wherever used in this Charter, the phrase "applicable
law" shall mean a law enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and applicable to subject matter of the text where
it appears.
No elected or appointed official or employee
of the Municipality shall influence, or attempt to influence, the
making of any contract or supervise in any manner or deal with any
municipal matter in which such person has a financial, personal, or
other special interest.