CORPORATE POWERS

SECTION 2-A. The inhabitants of that part of Ada County, Idaho, within the limits of the boundaries set forth and described in said charter of Boise City, as amended, as the boundaries of Boise City are hereby constituted and declared to be a municipal corporation by the name and style of "Boise City", and by such name shall have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of justice, and in all actions, suits or proceedings whatever, may purchase, hold, receive, and acquire by the exercise of the right of eminent domain, property, both real and personal, within said city, for public buildings, public works and city improvements, and may and shall have the right of possession and control of all public parks, and all tracts of land lying within said limits which have been or may be hereafter dedicated or in what manner soever obtained for public purposes; and may lease, sell or dispose of the same for the benefit of the city; may purchase, hold and receive property, both real and personal, beyond the limits of the city, to be used for parks, burial purposes, work houses, houses of correction, and a hospital for the reception and care of persons afflicted with contagious diseases, and for the purpose of maintaining water works, electric light works, cemeteries, and for such other purposes as may be deemed necessary for the carrying on of the city government, and shall have and use a common seal, and may alter and break the same or make a new one at its pleasure. All instruments conveying either real or personal property belonging to said city, shall be signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk, and the seal of said city placed thereon, and shall be acknowledged and recorded as other instruments conveying property required by the general law of the state, and no conveyance not thus executed, acknowledged and recorded, shall have any validity whatever as against said city. The city of Boise shall be invested within its limits with authority to perform all public services and with all governmental powers, except such as are expressly conferred by law upon other public corporations, and subject to the limitations prescribed by the constitution and laws of the state, except as in said charter otherwise provided.

   Ch. 78 S.L. 1931.