All rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts and legal or
administrative proceedings shall continue except as modified pursuant
to the provisions of this Charter and in each case shall be maintained,
carried on or dealt with by the City Department, Office or Agency
appropriate under this Charter.
All Village ordinances, resolutions, orders and regulations
which are in force when this Charter becomes fully effective are repealed
to the extent that they are inconsistent or interfere with the effective
operation of this Charter or of ordinances or resolutions adopted
pursuant thereto. To the extent that the Constitution and laws of
the State of Missouri permit, all laws relating to or affecting this
Village or its agencies, officers or employees which are in force
when this Charter becomes fully effective are superseded to the extent
that they are inconsistent or interfere with the effective operation
of this Charter or of ordinances or resolutions adopted pursuant thereto.
The Village Trustees in office at the date this Charter is adopted
shall continue in office until the first meeting of the Council on
April 15, 1974, and thereupon the terms of office of the Village Trustees
shall terminate and the new Council shall forthwith become the official
governing body of the City.