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156 LAWS OF
Of the legislative powers of the City Council,
Of Executive and Municipal Officers.
III. Of the legislative powers of the City Council, and its incidents,
V. Of Elections.
VI. Of proceedings in special cases,
Of Boundaries and Genral Pozvers.
Sec.  I. City boundaries defined; title thereof.
2. Members of wards created ; may be changed.
3. Additions how admitted into the city.
4. Inhabitants incorporated ; title and powers of said incorporation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slate of Missouri, as follows :
§ 1. All that district of country in the county of St. Louis, contained withirs
the following limits, to wit: beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river, due east of the mouth of "Mill creek" so called,
thence due west to the mouth of said creek ; thence, up the centre of the main
channel of said creek, to a point where the southern side of Rutgers' street produced shall intersect the same; thence, westwardly, along the southern side of
said street to the intersection of the same with the western line of seventh
street produced; thence, northwardly, along the western line of seventh street
to the northern line of Biddle street; thence, eastwardly, with the northern line
of Biddle street, to the western line of Broadway;, thence, northwardly, with
the western line of Broadway, to a point where the southern boundary of survey number six hundred and seventy-one produced shall intersect the same;
thence eastwardly, along the southern boundary of said survey to the Mississippi
river; thence due east to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi
river; thence down with the middle of tho main channel of said river, to the
place of beginning, is hereby erected into a city, to be called '■'■the City of St.
§ 2. The city shall be divided into four wards, the boundaries of which
shall be those now fixed by the ordinances of the city of St. Louis, but such
boundaries may be changed and additional wards erected as hereinafter provided. *
§ 3. Whenever any tract of land adjoining the city of St. Louis, shall have
been laid off as a town, or as an addition to, or suburb of said city, and a petition shall be presented to the Mayor and City Council by the owners of the
greater part of such tract of land, praying that the same may be annexed to,
and form a part of the city of St. Louis, the Mayor and City Council shall cause
polls to be opened at the next general election for city officers, and require the
voters at the time of voting for city officers to vote for or against the admission
into the city of the tract of land prayed to be annexed thereto ; and if a majority of all those who vote at such election shall be in favor of such admission such
tract of land shall thenceforth become part and parcel of the city, to all intents
and purposes, and the Mayor and City Council shall cause the fact of such admission to be certified under the seal of the city, and the certificate thereof to
be filed in the Register's office.
§ 4.    The inhabitants of said city shall be and remain a body politic and
corporate, by the name and style of "the city of St. Louis," and by that name
they and their successors shall be known in the law, and shall have power,
First: To make and use a common seal.
Second: To sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be
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Transcript 156 LAWS OF Of the legislative powers of the City Council, Of Executive and Municipal Officers. III. Of the legislative powers of the City Council, and its incidents, IV. V. Of Elections. VI. Of proceedings in special cases, VII. Miscellaneous provisions. ARTICLE I. Of Boundaries and Genral Pozvers. Sec. I. City boundaries defined; title thereof. 2. Members of wards created ; may be changed. 3. Additions how admitted into the city. 4. Inhabitants incorporated ; title and powers of said incorporation. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slate of Missouri, as follows : § 1. All that district of country in the county of St. Louis, contained withirs the following limits, to wit: beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river, due east of the mouth of "Mill creek" so called, thence due west to the mouth of said creek ; thence, up the centre of the main channel of said creek, to a point where the southern side of Rutgers' street produced shall intersect the same; thence, westwardly, along the southern side of said street to the intersection of the same with the western line of seventh street produced; thence, northwardly, along the western line of seventh street to the northern line of Biddle street; thence, eastwardly, with the northern line of Biddle street, to the western line of Broadway;, thence, northwardly, with the western line of Broadway, to a point where the southern boundary of survey number six hundred and seventy-one produced shall intersect the same; thence eastwardly, along the southern boundary of said survey to the Mississippi river; thence due east to the middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence down with the middle of tho main channel of said river, to the place of beginning, is hereby erected into a city, to be called '■'■the City of St. Louis." § 2. The city shall be divided into four wards, the boundaries of which shall be those now fixed by the ordinances of the city of St. Louis, but such boundaries may be changed and additional wards erected as hereinafter provided. * § 3. Whenever any tract of land adjoining the city of St. Louis, shall have been laid off as a town, or as an addition to, or suburb of said city, and a petition shall be presented to the Mayor and City Council by the owners of the greater part of such tract of land, praying that the same may be annexed to, and form a part of the city of St. Louis, the Mayor and City Council shall cause polls to be opened at the next general election for city officers, and require the voters at the time of voting for city officers to vote for or against the admission into the city of the tract of land prayed to be annexed thereto ; and if a majority of all those who vote at such election shall be in favor of such admission such tract of land shall thenceforth become part and parcel of the city, to all intents and purposes, and the Mayor and City Council shall cause the fact of such admission to be certified under the seal of the city, and the certificate thereof to be filed in the Register's office. § 4. The inhabitants of said city shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "the city of St. Louis," and by that name they and their successors shall be known in the law, and shall have power, First: To make and use a common seal. Second: To sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be