The inhabitants of the City of Smithville,
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 Smithville"
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.
A.
The Seal of the City of Smithville shall
be circular in form, one and seven-eighths (1 7/8) inches in
diameter, with the words "Clay County, Missouri" engraved across the
face thereof, and the words "Seal of the City of Smithville" engraved
on the face thereof and near the outer edge of said Seal, and the
same is hereby declared to be adopted as the Seal of the City of Smithville.
B.
The City Clerk shall be the keeper of the
common Seal of the City of Smithville, 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.