The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-03
CHARTER.
Of the City Of Chickesha. County oi
Grady. Oklahoma.


Preamble.
The City Of Chickasha. q munici
pal corporation, adopts this charter
as its sole organic law, subject dnly
to the provisions Of the constitu'
ton Of the State Of oklahoma, and
the laws Of said state relating &C
the exercise OF the Initiative and
Referendum, and other generai laws
OF the state not relating to cities of
the first class.
ARTICLE /.
Section l.
The municipal corporation now
existing and known as the City Of
Cnickasha shall remain and continue
10 be a body polite and corporate
under the same name and with the
same boundaries, until said boundar-
ies shan be altered in the manner
provided by Section S17 Of the Com
piled Laws of Oklahoma, 1903.
Section 2,
The City of Chickasha shall have
perpetual succession, and shall own,
possess and hold all property real
and personal. now owned, possessed
or held by the present City OF
Chickasha.
Section 3
The City shall have all rights ana
powers, legislative, executive and
judicial, that are now enjoyed and
exercised by cities Of the first class
under the Constitution and Laws Of
the state OF Oklahoma, not inconsis-
tent with or inapplicable to the
specific provisions Of this charter
and shall have such additional pow
ers as may. by such constitution and |
laws. or BY specific provisions Of this |
charter or Of regular adopted amend |
ments thereto, be hereafter granted /
to it, Provided, that no law relat-
Ing to cities of the first class here
after enacted BY the State OF okla
homa shall effect 2 repeal, diminu-
ton or limitation OF the powers con
ferred upon this City by this Char
ter.
Section 4.
All existing ordinances of this
City not inconsistent with this Char
ter or inapplieable under the altered
form Of municipal government pro-
vided for by it, shall be and con-
tinue in full force until altered,
amended or repealed by the legisla-
tive authority Of the City. or until
they expire bv their own limitatiOnIi
md no existing rights, actions (civil
or penalj spits, proceedings, or
contracts shall be affected by the
change in the form Of civil govern
ment Of the City. but all shall con-
Einue as though no cnange had TAX
"a place; and all debts, penalties
and forfeitures which have accrued
1r which may hereafter accrue, by
virtue of anything heretofore done,
hall inure to the benefit Of thu City
II chickasha, and may be sued for
nd recovered by said City as though {
10 change in form of government
lad taken place Nothing herein,
however, shall legalize or validate
my illegal or invalid Indebtedness {
# the City heretofore contracted or
incurred, or impair any delensc z
ieainst the payment Of the same; :
Ior shall the adoption Of this char E
er in any wise interfere with any
heretofore instituted RET E
ating to the levy and collection of
axes. special assessme ents or leyies !
i any nature. or with any proceed
ngs to enforce the payment OF the q
ame, and all vasid and legal Q
and obligations heretofore :
ntered into by the City shall re- ?
1ain in full force and effect and be >
and performed under or u
inances existing at the time of the a
doptiOn of this charter