The inhabitants of the City of Marshall, 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 Marshall, 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.
A.
The Seal of the City of Marshall shall be circular in form,
one and seven-eighths (1 7/8) inches in diameter, with the words
"Saline County, Missouri" engraved across the face thereof, and the
words "Seal of the City of Marshall" 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 Marshall.
B.
The City Clerk shall be the keeper of the common Seal of
the City of Marshall, 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.
