[Ord. No. 145 §§1 —
2, 11-17-1999]
Pursuant to Section 72.070, RSMo., 1994, the Village of New
Melle conducted an election on April 6, 1999, in the County of St.
Charles, State of Missouri, to determine whether the Village of New
Melle shall become a City of the Fourth Class. The Chairman of the
Board of Trustees hereby proclaims that the voters of the Village
of New Melle have elected to be a City of the Fourth Class and that
hereafter the Village of New Melle shall by virtue of the vote be
incorporated as a City of the Fourth Class under the provisions of
the general law providing for the government of the City of the Fourth
Class.
The inhabitants of the City of New Melle, 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 New Melle" 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.