The inhabitants of the City of St. Ann, as its limits now are
or may hereafter be defined by law, shall be and continue a body corporate
by the name of "The City of St. Ann" and as such shall have perpetual
succession, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend
and be defended in all courts of law and equity and in all actions
whatever; may receive and hold property, both real and personal, within
such City and may purchase, receive and hold real estate within or
without such City for the burial of the dead; and may purchase, hold,
lease, sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal,
it now owns or may hereafter acquire; may receive bequests, gifts
and donations of all kinds of property; and may have and hold one
(1) common Seal and may break, change or alter the same at pleasure;
and may do any act, exercise any power and render any service which
contributes to the general welfare, and all courts of this State shall
take judicial notice thereof.
[R.O. 1998 § 100.110; Ord. No.
6, 4-19-1948]
The Official Seal of the City of St. Ann shall be a metallic
disc not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) inches in diameter with
the words "City of St. Ann, St. Louis County, Missouri," engraved
in the border, and the word "Seal" engraved across the center.
