[CC 1974 §100.010; Pg. 1 R.O. 1939]
On the twenty-first (21st) day of May, 1878, the City of Versailles,
Missouri, was incorporated as and is now a City of the Fourth Class
under the laws of the State of Missouri.
The inhabitants of the City of Versailles, 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 Versailles" 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.
[CC 1974 §100.020; Pgs. 12, 13 R.O. 1939]
A. The
Seal of the City of Versailles shall be circular in form, one and
seven-eighths (1 7/8) inches in diameter, with the words "Morgan County,
Missouri" engraved across the face thereof, and the words "Seal of
the City of Versailles" 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 Versailles.
B. The
City Clerk shall be the keeper of the common Seal of the City of Versailles,
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.