§ 1. Local self-government.  


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  • The city shall have perpetual succession as a body politic and corporate; may use a seal; may sue and, in cases where its sovereign immunity has been waived, may be sued; may enter into contracts for any public purpose; may acquire and hold, in fee simple or any lesser estate or in trust, by gift, deed, bequest, right of eminent domain, purchase, lease, exchange, or otherwise, and may alienate, any character of property, real or personal, within and without the city limits. The city may exercise all powers of local self-government not inconsistent with the Constitution or the laws of this state or by special limitations in this charter, and has all powers and authority possible for a city to have under the Constitution and laws of this state, as fully and completely as though all such powers and authority were specifically enumerated in this charter.