2015 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES (71-100)
Chapter 78 Optional Forms, Third Class Cities
Section 78.400 Laws applicable--territorial limits not to change.
78.400. All laws governing cities of the third class and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 shall apply to and govern cities organized under said sections. All bylaws, ordinances and resolutions lawfully passed and in force in any such city under its former organization shall remain in force until altered or repealed by the council elected under the provisions of said sections. The territorial limits of such city shall remain the same as under its former organization and all rights and property of every description which were vested in any city under its former organization shall vest in the same under the organization herein contemplated, and no right or liability either in favor of or against it existing at the time and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be affected by such change, unless otherwise provided for in sections 78.010 to 78.420.
(RSMo 1939 § 7058)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6908; 1919 § 8375
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