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410.15 SUCCESSION; SUBSISTING RIGHTS.
The new city so organized shall be in all respects the legal successor of the former
corporation, and no charter so adopted, nor any amendment thereof, shall prejudice any subsisting
right, lien, or demand against the city superseded, or affect any pending action or proceeding
to enforce the same. All rights, penalties, and forfeitures accrued or accruing to such former
corporation, all property vested therein or held in trust therefor, all taxes and assessments levied in
its behalf, and all its privileges and immunities not inconsistent with the new charter, shall pass to
its successor. All ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws in force at the adoption of such new charter,
and not in conflict with its provisions, shall continue in force until duly altered or repealed.
History: (1289) RL s 758; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
The new city so organized shall be in all respects the legal successor of the former
corporation, and no charter so adopted, nor any amendment thereof, shall prejudice any subsisting
right, lien, or demand against the city superseded, or affect any pending action or proceeding
to enforce the same. All rights, penalties, and forfeitures accrued or accruing to such former
corporation, all property vested therein or held in trust therefor, all taxes and assessments levied in
its behalf, and all its privileges and immunities not inconsistent with the new charter, shall pass to
its successor. All ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws in force at the adoption of such new charter,
and not in conflict with its provisions, shall continue in force until duly altered or repealed.
History: (1289) RL s 758; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
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