Any City of the Fourth Class in this State may become a body
corporate under the provisions of Chapter 79, RSMo., in the manner
provided by law, under the name of "The City of Manchester", and by
that name 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 all courts of this State shall take
judicial notice thereof.
[CC 1979 §1-17; Ord. No. 59 §§1 — 2, 3-21-1960]
A.
An
Official Seal is hereby adopted for the City. The Official Seal shall
be retained in the office of the City Clerk. It shall consist of a
metallic disk, not more than two and one-half (2½) inches in
diameter, with the words "City of Manchester, St. Louis County, Missouri"
engraved in the border, and the word "Seal" engraved in the center
portion of the disk.
B.
The
City Administrator shall be the custodian of the Seal and shall affix
the Seal to and countersign all commissions and other official acts,
certified copies and attestations, and to all other instruments when
required or authorized by the Mayor.
