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Page 4 - The writ shall be directed to the sheriff of any county in which property of such defendant may be, and require him to attach and safely keep all the property of such defendant within his count v.
Page 51 - Company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal.
Page 138 - The inhabitants of the town of ," (naming it ;) and by that name they and their successors shall be known in law, have perpetual succession, unless disincorporated, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and...
Page 29 - SEC. 8. That section forty-nine hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to read as follows •
Page 131 - All ordinances and resolutions or orders for the appropriation or payment of money shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of all members elected to the council. Ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be fully and distinctly read on three different days, unless threefourths of the council shall dispense with the rule.
Page 157 - That the inhabitants of the City of St. Louis, as the same extends and is laid out above, be, and they and their successors forever are hereby constituted a corporation and body politic, in fact, and in law, by the name and style of the City of St. Louis, and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, shall sue and be sued...
Page 33 - ... and of all cases in equity, and of all crimes and misdemeanors. They shall have appellate jurisdiction in all cases, civil and criminal, where an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas may be allowed to the judgment or proceedings of any inferior tribunal. They shall also have such other jurisdiction, whether supervisory, original, appellate or concurrent, as is or may be prescribed by law.
Page 92 - To restrain and regulate, or prohibit, the running at large of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, and geese, and to authorize the distraining, impounding, and sale of the same for the penalty incurred, and the cost of the proceedings...
Page 157 - City, by the name and style aforesaid, shall have power to sue and be sued; to plead and be impleaded; defend and be defended; in all Courts of law and equity; and in all actions whatsoever...
Page 142 - Council shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.