A city charter or town charter (generically, municipal charter) is a legal document (charter) establishing a municipality such as a city or town. The...

declaration of a municipal charter, a term used because municipal power was historically granted by the sovereign, by royal charter. Charters for chivalric...

towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. The term can also be used to describe municipally owned corporations. Municipal incorporation...

incorporations by private act and provided for several new forms of municipal charter. Fourteen cities, including Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, three...

The Optional Municipal Charter Law or Faulkner Act (N.J.S.A 40:69A-1, et seq.) provides New Jersey municipalities with a variety of models of local government...

provide the procedures for adoption and amendment of a municipal charter. The initial form of Municipal Government in Ohio is called Statuary because it is...

be governed by the Walsh Act, the 1923 Municipal Manager Law or the four forms of the Optional Municipal Charter Law (Faulkner Act). A community that finds...

city, town, or other local government unit, formed by municipal charter from the state as a municipal corporation. A town may be awarded borough status and...

significant organisations such as boroughs (with municipal charters), universities and learned societies. Charters should be distinguished from royal warrants...

This is in contrast to a charter city or home-rule city, whose government structure and powers are defined by a municipal charter. States may allow only...

five-borough structure of New York City in accordance to the new municipal charter of "Greater New York". The borough continues to maintain some distinct...

The New York City Charter is the municipal charter of New York City. As part of the 1898 consolidation of New York City, the New York State Legislature...

Florida Statutes. All Florida municipalities must be operated under a municipal charter approved by a majority of the registered voters in the geographic...

grew around a fortification built by the King of Connacht in 1124. A municipal charter in 1484 allowed citizens of the by then walled city to form a council...

New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances; prepare the annual budget; appoint deputy mayors,...

Although a direct fiefdom of the Holy Roman Emperor, the city obtained a municipal charter; the acquisition of Breda, through marriage, by the House of Nassau...

which was also written as Bilvao and Biluao, as documented in its municipal charter. An -ao ending is also present in nearby Sestao and Ugao, that could...

the Charter Committee formed a coalition municipal government with the Democrats. The coalition lasted until 1986. In recent years, the Charter Committee...

existence within cities, recognized as such by their urban charters (e.g., municipal charters, town privileges, German town law), so there was no bourgeoisie...

is located was settled in the 9th century, but did not receive a municipal charter until 1786. Allied units were based in the town during World War II...

by a referendum held on November 3, 1953 and under the Optional Municipal Charter Law (commonly known as the Faulkner Act), adopted the Faulkner Act...

located was settled in the 9th century; however, it did not receive a municipal charter until 1942. Akranes was settled in the 9th century by the brothers...

or charter townships, which are unique to Michigan compared to other U.S. states. General law townships are unincorporated but provide some municipal services...

were 139 charter townships in Michigan. A township with a population of 2,000 or more may incorporate as a charter township and become a municipal corporation...

County. It was incorporated as a town in 1825. The former city's municipal charter was dissolved in 1995 pursuant to a Georgia law which abolished city...

town of Kill Devil Hills did not exist, and it did not receive its municipal charter until 1953. Kitty Hawk, popularly noted as the site of the famous...

The German town law (German: Deutsches Stadtrecht) or German municipal concerns (Deutsches Städtewesen) was a set of early town privileges based on the...

The Multi-Party Charter (MPC), officially the Multi-Party Charter For South Africa (MPCSA), is a pre-election agreement in South Africa that aims to challenge...

less effusive, saying it is "more accurately described it as the 'municipal charter'” (Gemeindeordnung) (Julius Wellhausen, Saïd Amir Arjomand); or as...

Mexico Municipal League. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 30, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2008. Discussion of Dillon's rule, charter cities and...