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83.420 Incorporation and general powers.

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83.420 Incorporation and general powers. The inhabitants of each city of the first class shall constitute a corporation, with power <br>to govern themselves by any ordinances and resolutions for municipal purposes not in <br>conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state or of the United States. In its corporate <br>capacity the city may contract and be contracted with and may sue and be sued. It may <br>adopt a common seal and change it at pleasure or act without a seal. It may acquire <br>property for municipal purposes by purchase or otherwise. It may hold all its property <br>either in its own name or in the name of others, to the use of the city, for the purposes for <br>which the property was granted or dedicated, and may use, manage, improve, sell and <br>convey, rent or lease its property. Effective: July 15, 1986 <br>History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 243, sec. 2.