The inhabitants of the City of Fredericktown, 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 Fredericktown" 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. 2013 §§ 100.080 — 100.090; Code
1952, Ch. 3, Art. 4, §§ 3 — 4]
A.
City Seal — Description. The Seal of the City shall be of a
circular form, one and seven-eighths (1 7/8) inches in diameter,
with the words "City of Fredericktown, Missouri — Seal" engraved
in Roman capitals upon the face thereof.
B.
City Seal — Custody; Use. The City Clerk shall be the custodian
of the City Seal and place such seal on all commissions, licenses,
ordinances and other instruments requiring his/her signature or attestation.
No impression of such seal to any contract or other writing shall
have any validity or be binding upon the City unless such impression
is accompanied by the attestation and signature of the City Clerk,
and then only in cases authorized by law, this Code or other ordinances
of the City.
