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Town of Mashpee Charter Adopted May 8, 2004 ARTICLE 1 INCORPORATION; SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS , r SECTION 1-1:INCORPORATION The inhabitants of the Town of Mashpee, within the territorial limits established by law, shall continue to be a municipal corporation, a body corporate and politic, under the name "Town of Mashpee." SECTION 1-2:SHORT TITLE This instrument shall be known and may be cited as the Mashpee Home Rule Charter. SECTION 1-3:DIVISION OF POWERS The administration of the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of Mashpee, with the government thereof, shall be vested in an executive branch consisting of a board of selectmen, elected by and responsible to the voters and a town manager, appointed by and responsible to the board of selectmen; and a legislative branch consisting of a town meeting open to all voters. lj SECTION I-4:POWERS OF THE TOWN Subject only to express limitations on the exercise of any power or function by a municipal " government in the constitution or in the general laws of the Commonwealth,it is the intention and the purpose of the voters of Mashpee through the adoption of this charter to secure for themselves and for their government all of the powers it is possible to secure as fully and as completely as though each such power were specifically and individually enumerated herein. SECTION 1-5: CONSTRUCTION Theowers of the Town of Mashpee under this charter are to be construed liberally p p yin favor of the town, and the specific mention of any particular power is not intended to limit the general powers of the town as stated in section 14. SECTION 1-6:INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS Subject only to express limitations in the constitution or general laws of the Commonwealth, Mashpee may exercise any of its powers or perform any of its functions, and may participate in the financing thereof,jointly or in cooperation,by contract or otherwise,with the Commonwealth or any agency or political sub-division thereof, or with the United States government or any agency thereof. SECTION 1-7:DEFINITIONS Unless another meaning is clearly apparent from the manner in which the word or phrase is used, the following words and phrases as used in this charter shall have the following meanings: (a) Appointing Authority- The words "appointing authority" shall mean the officer or multiple member body, which appoints the officer, member of a multiple member body or town employee. ' (b) Charter- The word"charter" shall mean this charter including any amendment to it hereafter adopted. 1