[CC 1991 §§105.010 — 105.020; CC 1970 §§2-1
— 2-2; Ord. No. 2 §§1 —
2, 2-6-1947]
A. The
inhabitants of the City of Pine Lawn, 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 Pine Lawn" 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.
B. The
City shall be a body politic and corporate by the name of the City
of Pine Lawn and shall by that name be known in law as granted by
an order of the County Court of St. Louis County on the tenth (10th)
day of January, 1947.
C. The
City shall have perpetual succession unless disincorporated.
[CC 1991 §105.030; CC 1970 §2-3; Ord. No. 39 §1, 3-22-1948]
The official Seal of the City shall be a metallic disc not more
than two and one-fourth (2¼) inches in diameter with the words
"City of Pine Lawn, Missouri Seal" engraved in the border and engraved
within the border, a beaver, indicating water and swamps once plentiful,
industry and progress; an Indian symbolizing the pioneering spirit;
pine trees and Lewis and Clark whose historical expedition started
from this vicinity.