§ 1. Name; body politic.

That the inhabitants of the City of Shelby shall be and continue, as they have heretofore been, a body politic and corporate, and henceforth the said corporation shall bear the name and style of City of Shelby, and under that name is hereby invested with all the property and rights of property which now belong to the present corporation of the City of Shelby, or the city council of the City of Shelby, or any other corporate name or names heretofore used, and by the corporate name of the City of Shelby may purchase and hold for purposes of its government all such property and estate, real and personal, within and without said city, as may be deemed necessary or convenient therefor, or as may be conveyed, devised or bequeathed to it, and the same may from time to time sell, dispose of and reinvest same as shall be deemed advisable by the proper authorities of said corporation, and in its corporate name may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, and said City of Shelby is hereby invested with all other rights and powers necessary or usually pertaining to municipal corporations.

State law reference

Cities and towns, G.S. ch. 160A; municipal contracts, G.S. 160A-16 et seq.; public building contracts, G.S. 143-128 et seq.; corporate powers, G.S. 160A-11 et seq.; modification of form of government, G.S. 160A-101 et seq.; authority of city to sell, lease, exchange and jointly use governmental property, G.S. 160A-274.