City of Concordia, MO Article I City Incorporation and Seal

Section 100.010 Municipal Incorporation.

[CC 1992 §100.010]

A. Fourth Class City. On the sixth (6th) day of June, 1877, the City of Concordia was incorporated as, and is now, a City of the Fourth Class under the laws of the State of Missouri.

B. The inhabitants of the City of Concordia, 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 Concordia" 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.

Section 100.020 Corporate Seal.

[CC 1992 §100.020; Ord. No. 3 §17, 9-8-1958]

A. The City shall at all times have and maintain a Corporate Seal, which shall be in circular form, with the words "Concordia, Missouri".

B. The City Clerk shall be the keeper of the common Seal of the City of Concordia, 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.