78.400. Laws applicable--territorial limits not to change. - Missouri Statutes

Laws applicable--territorial limits not to change.

78.400. All laws governing cities of the third class and notinconsistent with the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420shall apply to and govern cities organized under said sections.All bylaws, ordinances and resolutions lawfully passed and inforce in any such city under its former organization shall remainin force until altered or repealed by the council elected underthe provisions of said sections. The territorial limits of suchcity shall remain the same as under its former organization andall rights and property of every description which were vested inany city under its former organization shall vest in the sameunder the organization herein contemplated, and no right orliability either in favor of or against it existing at the timeand no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by suchchange, unless otherwise provided for in sections 78.010 to78.420.

(RSMo 1939 § 7058)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 6908; 1919 § 8375