(a)
The Charter shall be the organic law of the Town of Killingworth
in the administration of its local affairs. Special Acts and ordinances,
or portions thereof, inconsistent with this Charter and superseded
by it, shall have no further force or effect after the effective date
of this Charter. Other Special Acts affecting the Town, and all other
ordinances and resolutions duly adopted and in force before the effective
date of this Charter, shall remain in force.
(b)
Matters concerning the election of officers, the making and registration
of voters and the administration of local affairs not provided for
by this Charter, or by lawful ordinance, shall be governed by the
Statutes, as amended, and any Special Acts of the State of Connecticut
applicable to the Town.
(c)
In computing the period of time of any notice under this Charter,
the day on which the notice is given shall be included and the day
on which the matter noticed is to occur shall be excluded. The same
principle shall govern other computations of time for purpose hereof.
(d)
The Board of Selectmen of the Town is charged with the responsibility
of enforcing this Charter according to the provision of the Statutes,
as amended.
(a)
"Board" or "Boards" means all boards, commissions and permanent committees,
except as otherwise provided, established by Town ordinance or by
this Charter and having an administrative or executive function in
the Town.
(b)
"Designated Medium" means the medium designated by the First Selectman
as prescribed by law.
(c)
"Elector" means a citizen of the United States who has attained the
age of eighteen years, who is a bona fide resident of the town of
Killingworth, and who has been admitted to the voter rolls by the
Registrars of Voters or Town Clerk, as provided by Connecticut General
Statutes Section 9-12.
(d)
"Prescribed by law" means prescribed or provided by the Connecticut
General Statutes as amended (herein Statutes), by Charter or by lawful
Town ordinance. Said laws are kept on file and are available for public
inspection at the Town Clerk's office of the Town for which the
Board of Selectmen is responsible.
(e)
"Statute" means Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.
(f)
"Voter" includes an elector as well as any citizen of the United States of the age of eighteen years or more who, jointly or severally, is liable to the Town, district or subdivision for taxes assessed against him/her on an assessment of not less than one thousand dollars on the last-completed Grand List of the Town, as provided by Connecticut General Statutes Section 7-6.
