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