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 and defend to final judgment and execution wherein said city is a party, and exercise all the powers hereinafter conferred.