town charter
City's founding document
A town charter is a legal document that establishes a municipality and defines its powers, structure, and governance.
It functions as a local constitution, specifying how officials are elected, what authority the town holds, and how it relates to state or regional government.
The town charter requires a two-thirds vote to raise property taxes.
- local ordinancesLaws enacted by municipalities
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
- village greenShared central lawn
- colonial eraAge of overseas dominion
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
public hearing · statute · founding document · incorporation · municipal code · codification · self-governance · home rule · enactment · local governance · local government · jurisdiction · city limits · constitution · mayor · referendum · decree · medieval
- town heritagehistoric marker, heritage site, historic district, courthouse, heritage museum
- chartersroyal charters, city charters, Magna Carta
- local historylocal archives, local history, village history, founding, settlement
- municipal recordscity archives, city records, meeting minutes, city ordinance, ordinance
- town governmentselectmen, alderman, aldermen, assessor, constable
- medieval documentsindenture, patent, register, roll, chronicle
town charterstate constitution
Regional government's founding document
federal constitution · national constitution · state legislation · federal law · international treaty