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(\u00a7 21-286)\n\nThe powers conferred by this chapter on counties, cities and towns are in\naddition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and may be\nexercised by resolution of the governing bodies thereof without regard to the\nterms, conditions, requirements, restrictions or other provisions contained in\nany other law, general or special, except the State Water Control Law passed at\nthe 1946 regular session of the General Assembly, or in any charter, except that\nwhere fees, rents and charges are fixed by a city or town, that power shall be\nexercised by ordinance.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 363; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 1560iii21.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}