NAME AND RIGHTS OF THE COUNTY

Sec. 1: The County of Alameda as it now exists is a body corporate and politic, and as such has and shall have all the powers, which are now or may be hereafter specified by the Constitution and laws of the State of California, and by this Charter and such other powers as are necessarily implied.

Sec. 2: The powers mentioned in the preceding section can be exercised only by a Board of Supervisors or by agents and officers acting under their authority or by authority of law or of this Charter.

Sec. 3: The corporate name shall be "County of Alameda," which must be thus designated in all actions and proceedings touching its corporate rights, properties and duties. Its boundaries and county seat shall remain the same as they are now, until otherwise changed by law.