§ 2. Construction of the charter.

(a)

The Town of Bristol shall continue to exist. It shall hold town meetings as hereinafter provided, for the election of registrars of voters. Said town shall elect no other officers and hold no other meetings. All other political and legal rights heretofore vested in said town and in the Borough of Bristol, and all property, property rights and choses in actions heretofore belonging, either to the Town or Borough of Bristol, shall be vested in the City of Bristol, and said city shall be subject to all obligations which otherwise would exist against said town or said borough if all these debts are paid.

(b)

In the construction of this charter, words importing the masculine gender may be applied to females and words importing the feminine gender may be applied to males.

(Amend. eff. 11-4-81; Amend. eff. 11-9-83; Amend. eff. 12-8-11; Amend. eff. 12-5-13)

Legislative history— Sp. No. 352, § 2, 1911; Sp. No. 102, 1921; Sp. No. 434, § 2, 1931; Sp. No. 489, § 2, 1939.