The inhabitants of the City of Taneytown in Carroll County, Maryland, within the corporate limits legally established from time to time, are hereby constituted and continued a body corporate by the name of "The City of Taneytown, Maryland," with all the privileges of a body corporate, by that name to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, to have and use a common seal and to have perpetual succession, unless the Charter and the corporate existence are legally abrogated.
A copy of the courses and distances describing the corporate boundaries shall be on file in the city offices and available for public inspection during normal business hours. A map showing the current corporate boundaries shall be maintained in the city offices and shall be similarly available for public inspection.