Each village may adopt as its charter or any part of the same, any chapter, act or section of the statutes of this state in force at the time of such adoption and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, which relates to the powers or government of villages generally, either by reciting the same in such charter or by appropriate reference thereto; and except in so far as any of the same may be so adopted, no village shall be subject to any of the limitations or restrictions thereof.
MCL 78.25