[R.O. 1996 § 100.010]
The inhabitants of the City of Gerald,
as its limits now are, or may hereafter be defined by law, shall be
and continue a body corporation by name, "The City of Gerald," 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 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.