The inhabitants of the Village of Airport Drive, as its limits
now are or may hereafter be defined by law, shall be and continue
a body corporate by the name of "The Village of Airport Drive" 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 Village and may purchase, receive
and hold real estate within or without such Village 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.
[CC 1995 §20.010]
A.
The Seal
of the Village shall, as heretofore, be the words "Village Seal" in
Roman capitals, inside of and surrounded by a scroll or circular impression
having inscribed therein the words "Village of Airport Drive, Missouri".
The Seal shall be circular and about two (2) inches in diameter. The
Village Seal shall be safely kept in the office of the Village Clerk.
B.
The Village
Clerk shall be the keeper of the common Seal of the Village of Airport
Drive, and any impression of said Seal to any contract or other writing
shall have no validity or binding obligation upon the Village unless
such impression be accompanied by the attestation and signature of
the Village Clerk, and then only in cases authorized by law or the
ordinances of this Village.
