The inhabitants of the City of Vinita Park, 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 Vinita Park" 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.
[CC 2000 §1-12-1; CC 1974 §1-8]
A.
The
City shall have an official seal which shall be a metallic disk with
the words "City of Vinita Park, St. Louis County, Missouri" engraved
in the border and the word "Seal" engraved across the center.
B.
The
City Clerk shall be the keeper of the common Seal of the City of Vinita
Park, and any impression of said Seal to any contract or other writing
shall have no validity or binding obligation upon the City unless
such impression be accompanied by the attestation and signature of
the City Clerk, and then only in cases authorized by law or the ordinances
of this City.