CHAPTER II
POWERS

Section 5. GENERAL GRANT OF POWERS.

Except as this charter provides to the contrary, the county has authority over matters of county concern to the fullest extent now or hereafter granted or allowed by the constitutions and laws of the United States and the State of Oregon, as fully as though each power comprised in that authority were specified in this charter.

Section 6. CONSTRUCTION OF POWERS.

In this charter no mention of a specific power is exclusive or restricts the authority that the county would have if the specific power were not mentioned. The charter shall be liberally construed, to the end that, within the limits imposed by the charter or the constitution or laws of the United States or the State of Oregon, the county has all powers necessary or convenient for the conduct of its affairs, including all powers that counties may now or hereafter assume under the home rule provisions of the constitution and laws of Oregon. The powers are continuing powers.

Section 7. WHERE POWERS VESTED.

Except as this charter provides to the contrary and subject to the initiative and referendum powers residing in the people of the county,

(1) the legislative power of the county is vested in, and is exercisable only by the Board of County Commissioners, and

(2) all other powers of the county not vested by this charter elsewhere are vested in the Board of County Commissioners and are exercisable only by it or by persons acting under its authority.