The inhabitants of the City of Giddings, within the corporate limits as now established or as hereafter established in the manner provided by law, shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate in perpetuity under the name of the “City of Giddings,” hereinafter referred to as the “City.”
The boundaries and limits of said City shall be shown by metes and bounds description on file in the office of the County Clerk of Lee County, together with such additions as may be hereafter adopted by the City Council.
The municipal government provided by this Charter shall be known as the Council-Manager Form of Government. Pursuant to the provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution, the statutes of this State, and by this Charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the “City Council.” The Manager, in turn, shall be responsible to the City Council for the administration of the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed, by this Charter, or if the manner be not prescribed, then in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, the State Constitution or the Statutes of the State.