8-01 EFFECTIVE DATE
As originally adopted this Charter was effective at 12:01 A.M. October 9, 1961.
8-02 DEFINITION OF DEPARTMENT
The term “department” shall include the offices of Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Assessor, Registrar of Voters, Judge of Probate, or the Legislative Council, or each board or commission to which funds are appropriated in the Annual Budget, or the Public Works Department which shall be considered a separate department from the remainder of the functions for which appropriations are expended by the Board of Selectmen and any other body or group which is designated a department by the Legislative Council on or before the October 1st in the year prior to the adoption of the Town Budget.
8-10 ANNUAL TOWN REPORT
All officers, boards, commissions and departments of the Town shall submit a report of their activities during the previous fiscal year to the Town Clerk prior to October 1. The Town Clerk shall prepare and publish the annual Town report as soon as practical thereafter.
8-20 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
There shall be 15 justices of the peace, serving 4 year terms, selected in accordance with and having the powers and duties prescribed by the General Statutes.
8-30 ORDINANCES APPLICABLE TO THE BOROUGH OF NEWTOWN
The Town may enact ordinances relative to any matter on which the Town is empowered to act by law. If the Borough of Newtown has enacted an ordinance on the same subject, the ordinance enacted by the Town shall apply only to the portions of the Town outside the Borough.
8-40 OATHS OF OFFICE
All elective and appointive officers, before they enter on their duties, shall take the oath or affirmation prescribed by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution of the State of Connecticut, as follows: “You do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that you will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Connecticut, as long as you continue to be a citizen thereof, and that you will faithfully discharge, according to law, the duties of the office of ............... to the best of your abilities. So help you God”. No other oath or affirmation shall be required.
8-50 AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER
(a) This Charter may only be amended in the manner prescribed by the General Statutes.
(b) Within 5 years after submission of the report of the most recent Charter Revision Commission, the Legislative Council shall appoint a Charter Revision Commission to review the Charter and any recommendations made by the Legislative Council.
8-60 SCHEDULES OF SUPERSEDED ACTS
The following special acts shall have no force or effect after the effective date of this Charter:
8-70 SAVINGS CLAUSE
(a) If any section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause or word of this Charter shall be held invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Charter, except to the extent that some other word, clause, phrase, sentence, subsection or section may be inseparately connected in meaning and effect with the section, subsection, sentence, phrase, clause or word to which such holding shall directly apply.
(b) Any reference to the General Statutes means as said Statutes may be amended from time to time.
8-80 GENDER STATEMENT
Any reference in this Charter to the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and any reference to the feminine gender shall be deemed to include the masculine.
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