Seal and general powers of the city.
Section 4
SEC. 4. Seal and general powers of the city.—The city shall have a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure. It may take, purchase, receive, hold, lease, convey, and dispose of real and personal property for the general interests of the city, condemn private property for public use, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, prosecute as well as defend to final judgment and execution actions where its interests are involved, and exercise all powers hereinafter conferred.