West Virginia Code § 8-1-1

Purpose and short title
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The purpose of this chapter is to effect a recodification of the basic municipal law of this
state and of various statutory provisions relating to certain intergovernmental relations
involving municipalities, counties and other units of government, to providee as much
uniformity as possible between the powers, authority, duties and responsibilities of special
legislative charter municipalities and all other municipalities, and to girve effect to the
"Municipal Home Rule Amendment" to the Constitution of this state, being section thirty-
nine-(a), article six of said Constitution.
For convenience of reference, this chapter may be known antd cited as the "Municipal Code
of West Virginia."
Part II. Definitions.

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