The inhabitants of the City of St. James,
as its limits now are, or may hereafter be defined by law, shall be
a body corporate under the provisions of Chapter 77, RSMo., in the
manner provided by law, under the name of "The City of St. James,
Missouri," and by that name 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 all courts of
this State shall take judicial notice thereof.