It gave towns the right to collect their own taxes and set up thir own law court to settle problems quickly.
The Charter of Liberty exempted people from a town from some given rules and laws.
Depends on the rules (charter, etc.) of the town. In NYC the mayor sits for 4 years, but that may not be true everywhere
A Borough
The headquarters for Charter Telephone, or Charter Communications, is located in Stamford, Connecticut. Charter Communications was previously headquartered in Town and Country, Missouri.
cool town
Cooper Rules!!
The Olympic Charter is the codification of the basic principles of and the rules and by-laws adopted by the International Olympic Committee. The first Olympic Charter was established in 1908.
Codes. A City Charter is an index of the City's Codes, Rules, Penalties, Regulations and Administrative procedures.
The Charter of Liberty did not give any exemptions to the people of a town. The Charter of Liberty was one of the first sets of bylaws adopted by the Colonists. It divided the district of New York into twelve separate governing bodies.
A village became a town when it received a royal charter to have a permanent marketplace.
The exemption given to the people of a town was that the manor lord could choose which townspeople he wanted to work on his land. This exemption came from the Charter of Liberty.
The local lord would own the town, collecting tax. After a charter of freedom was signed by all of the townspeople, they would all own the town (a bit like a fan-owned football club, really).