§ 2. Name, right and privileges of city.

Be it further enacted, that the inhabitants of said city as above defined, and their successors forever, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate with perpetual succession, by the name and style of "the mayor and city council of the City of Columbus," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and implead in any court of law and equity; may contract and be contracted with; may acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, real, personal and mixed property, for the use of said corporation, and may sell and dispose of the same for the benefit of said city; may have and use a common seal and change the same at pleasure, and have and exercise all the powers, right and privileges usually appertaining to bodies corporate and politic of like character, as well as those powers, rights and privileges, herein expressly conferred upon said corporation, or necessary or convenient for the full exercise and enjoyment of such powers, rights and privileges, or to carry out the full intent and meaning of this act, and to accomplish the object of this incorporation and to promote the interest of said city.