[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Camden 4-11-1934; amended 3-13-1978; 3-11-1980; 6-11-1996; 6-10-2003; 6-14-2016 and 6-15-2016; 11-6-2018; 11-2-2021; 6-14-2022; 6-13-2023. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
CHARTER of the TOWN OF CAMDEN
Preamble
We the people of Camden, in order to reaffirm the customary
and traditional liberties of the people with respect to the conduct
of our local government and to take the fullest advantages inherent
in the home rule amendment to the constitution of the State of Maine,
pursuant to the provisions of Title 30-A, MRS, § 2101, do
hereby adopt the following Charter for the Town of Camden, Maine.
The form of government provided by this Charter shall be Town Meeting
- Select Board - Town Manager.
Incorporation of the Town of Camden
WHEREAS, The Plantation of Camden, in the territory of Maine,
had in the year 1790 with a population of 331 attained to a sufficient
size and importance to be under Town Government, and an application
to the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts had been
filed by an Act dated February 17, 1791, the Plantation of Camden
became the Town of Camden, continuing as such until February 25, 1891,
when by an Act of the Legislature of the State of Maine, Camden separated
from Rockport, so the old Town of Camden ceased to exist and the present
Town of Camden came into existence, and shall continue to be a municipal
corporation under the name of the Town of Camden established by and
in accordance with the Private and Special Laws of the State of Maine
for the year 1891.
In 1925 the Town voted to adopt the Town Manager form of government.
The original Charter was adopted April 11, 1934. A revised charter
was adopted in 1978, and subsequently amended on the following dates:
March 11, 1980, June 11, 1996, June 10, 2003, June 14 and 15, 2016,
November 6, 2018, November 2, 2021, and June 14, 2022.
