That the said municipality and all the inhabitants comprehended within the territorial limits above described, shall be and are hereby created and constituted a body corporate and politic under and by the name of Zephyrhills, and by that name may have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, may hold real estate, personal and mixed property, and may sell, lease or dispose of such property for the benefit of the city to the same extent that natural persons might do; that said city shall have and use a common seal and may change the same at pleasure; and shall be obligated and empowered to preserve peace and maintain order and justice within its borders, and to that end shall have power to establish a city police force and other city departments, to provide a municipal system of revenue and taxation, to ordain rules for the govern-ment of the city and to prescribe penalties for the violation of its ordinances.
('74 Code, Charter § 11.06)