The inhabitants of the City of Mount
Vernon, 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
Mount Vernon" 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.
A.
The Seal of the City of Mount Vernon shall
be circular in form, one and seven-eighths (1 7/8) inches in
diameter, with the words "Lawrence County, Missouri" engraved across
the face thereof, and the words "Seal of the City of Mount Vernon"
engraved on the face thereof and near the outer edge of said Seal,
and the same is hereby declared to be adopted as the Seal of the City
of Mount Vernon.
B.
The City Clerk shall be the keeper of the
common Seal of the City of Mount Vernon, 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.
