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ARTICLE XX
Home Rule Cities and Towns
Section 1. Incorporated. The municipal corporation known as the
city of Denver and all municipal corporations and that part of the
quasi-municipal corporation known as the county of Arapahoe, in the state
of Colorado, included within the exterior boundaries of the said city of
Denver as the same shall be bounded when this amendment takes effect, are
hereby consolidated and are hereby declared to be a single body politic and
corporate, by the name of the "City and County of Denver". By that name
said corporation shall have perpetual succession, and shall own, possess,
and hold all property, real and personal, theretofore owned, possessed, or
held by the said city of Denver and by such included municipal
corporations, and also all property, real and personal, theretofore owned,
possessed, or held by the said county of Arapahoe, and shall assume,
manage, and dispose of all trusts in any way connected therewith; shall
succeed to all the rights and liabilities, and shall acquire all benefits and
shall assume and pay all bonds, obligations, and indebtedness of said city
of Denver and of said included municipal corporations and of the county
of Arapahoe; by that name may sue and defend, plead and be impleaded, in
all courts and places, and in all matters and proceedings; may have and use
a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; may purchase, receive, hold,
and enjoy or sell and dispose of, real and personal property; may receive
bequests, gifts, and donations of all kinds of property, in fee simple, or in
trust for public, charitable, or other purposes; and do all things and acts
necessary to carry out the purposes of such gifts, bequests, and donations,
with power to manage, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same in...
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