The inhabitants of the City of Ozark, 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 Ozark" 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.
[R.O. 2006 §100.220; CC 1992 §100.220; CC 1974
§20.010]
A. The
Seal of the City shall, as heretofore, be the words "Corporate Seal"
in Roman capitals, inside of and surrounded by a scroll or circular
impression having inscribed therein the words "City of Ozark, Missouri".
The Seal shall be circular and about two (2) inches in diameter. The
City Seal shall be safely kept in the office of the City Clerk.
B. The
City Clerk shall be the keeper of the common Seal of the City of Ozark
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.