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CORTLAND CITY CHARTER (CH. 160 L. 1900); CORTLAND CITY WATERBOARD ACT (CH. 698 L. 1907); MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW §§ 2(2),10(4[c]), 20(3), 36, 37, 40

The authorization for a charter amendment to be of any extent and to deal with any number of subjects is intended to release a charter amendment from the limitation to a single subject matter of a local law but is not necessarily intended to open the whole gamut of legislation to treatment as a charter amendment.

The term "charter amendment" includes a new charter.

Although the City of Cortland may amend the Cortland City Water Board Act by local…