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Statute: 14-101
Cities of the metropolitan class, defined; population required;
general powers.
All cities in this state which have attained a
population of three hundred thousand inhabitants or more shall be
cities of the metropolitan class and governed by this act.
Whenever the words this act occur in sections 14-101 to 14-138,
14-201 to 14-229, 14-360 to 14-376, 14-501 to 14-556, 14-601 to
14-609, 14-702 to 14-704, and 14-804 to 14-816, they shall be
construed as referring exclusively to those sections. The
population of a city of the metropolitan class shall consist of
the people residing within the territorial boundaries of such
city and the residents of any territory duly and properly annexed
to such city. Each city of the metropolitan class shall be a
body corporate and politic and shall have power (1) to sue and be
sued, (2) to purchase, lease, lease with option to buy, acquire
by gift or devise, and hold real and personal property within or
without the limits of the city for the use of the city, and real
estate sold for taxes, (3) to sell, exchange, lease, and convey
any real or personal estate owned by the city, in such manner and
upon such terms as may be to the best interests of the city,
except that real estate acquired for state armory sites shall be
conveyed strictly in the manner provided in sections 18-1001 to
18-1006, (4) to make all contracts and do all other acts in
relation to the property and concerns of the city necessary to
the exercise of its corporate or administrative powers, and (5)
to exercise such other and further powers as may be conferred by
law. The powers hereby granted shall be exercised by the mayor
and council of such city, as hereinafter set forth, except when
otherwise specially provided.
Source:
Laws 1921, c. 116, art. I, § 1, p. 398; C.S.1922, § 3488;
C.S.1929, § 14-101; Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 2, p. 72;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 8, p. 494; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-101;
R.S.1943, § 14-101; Laws 1947, c. 50, § 1, p. 170;
Laws 1961, c. 58, § 1, p. 215; Laws 1963, c. 43, § 1, p. 218;
Laws 1965, c. 85, § 1, p. 327; Laws 1967, c. 40, § 1, p. 170;
Laws 1993, LB 726, § 3.
Statute: 14-102
Additional powers.
In addition to the powers granted in section
14-101, cities of the metropolitan class shall have power by
ordinance:27. Libraries, art galleries, and museums.
To establish and maintain public libraries, reading rooms, art galleries, and museums and to provide the necessary grounds or buildings therefor; to purchase books, papers, maps, manuscripts, works of art, and objects of natural or of scientific curiosity, and instruction therefor; to receive donations and bequests of money or property for the same in trust or otherwise and to pass necessary bylaws and regulations for the protection and government of the same;Source:
Laws 1921, c. 116, art. I, § 2, p. 398; C.S.1922, § 3489;
C.S.1929, § 14-102; R.S.1943, § 14-102; Laws 1963, c. 314, § 1, p. 945;
Laws 1971, LB 237, § 1; Laws 1972, LB 1274, § 1; Laws 1974, LB 768, § 1;
Laws 1981, LB 501, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 186;
Laws 1991, LB 356, § 1; Laws 1991, LB 849, § 59;
Laws 1992, LB 1257, § 63; Laws 1993, LB 138, § 61;
Laws 1993, LB 623, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 814, § 2;
Laws 1999, LB 87, § 59.
Note: "This act", defined, see section 14-101.
