This Charter may be amended in the manner prescribed by the
General Statutes. If not appointed at an earlier date, a Charter Revision
Commission shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen 10 years from
the date this Charter becomes effective.
This Charter shall become effective on January 1, 2020.
All elective and appointive officials and members of agencies
shall swear to or affirm an oath for the faithful performance of their
duties.
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 thereof 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.
The use in this Charter of any term denoting the masculine,
feminine, or neuter gender shall be understood to include reference
to other genders. The singular form of a word shall include the plural,
and vice versa, as the context may require. Article, section, subsection
and paragraph headings or captions appearing in this Charter are for
convenience of reference only and are not intended to limit the meaning
or effect of the text.