All ordinances of the Town shall continue in full force and
effect except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions
of this Charter. All special acts or parts of special acts relating
to the Town shall continue in full force and effect, except insofar
as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter. To the
extent that such ordinances, special acts or parts of special acts
are inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter, they are repealed.
The period of time occurring between the date of the regular
biennial municipal election and the beginning of the next term of
office of the Board of Selectmen on the second Tuesday following said
election shall be a transition period during which no appointment
shall be made by the Board of Selectmen; provided, however, that temporary
emergency appointments may be made by it which appointments shall
terminate on the date of said fast meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
The Board of Selectmen shall, at not more than ten-year intervals, appoint a Charter Revision Commission or Charter Amendment Commission. Such Commission shall consist of nine (9) electors of the Town no more than five of whom shall be members of the same political party. Except for the above provisions, said Charter Revision Commission or Charter Amendment Commission shall be appointed and shall perform its duties in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
99 of the Connecticut General Statutes (the Home Rule Law).
If any section or part of any section of this Charter shall
be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding
shall not affect the remainder of this Charter nor the context in
which said section or part hereof so held invalid may appear, except
to the extent that an entire section or part of a section may be inseparably
connected in meaning and effect with the section or Part of a section
to which such holding shall directly apply. Where the context indicates,
requires, or suggests, the singular shall include the plural and the
male gender shall include the female and neuter gender and vice versa.