The inhabitants of the City of Buckner, 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 Buckner" 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. 2003 §100.240; C.C. 1979 §20.010]
A. Seal Described. The common Seal of the corporation
known as "The City of Buckner" shall be in a circular shape and inscribed
with the words "City of Buckner, Missouri," and dated MDCCCLXXV. The
Seal shall make the following impression:
B. City Clerk To Keep Seal. The City Clerk of said
City shall be the keeper of the Common Seal of said City aforesaid,
and shall in all cases required by ordinances of said City, or laws
of the land, affix said Seal, accompanied by his attestation and signature.
C. When Seal To Be Affixed. All deeds, conveyances
of land by the City, requiring authentication, all certificates to
cemetery lots, and all bonds issued by said City, and all acts of
the Mayor of said City, and all other matters which, by the ordinances
of the City or the laws of the land, are required to be under the
Seal of said City, shall have said Seal affixed to them by said Clerk,
and shall be attested and certified by him.