Mountain View Municipal Code Art. I Incorporation and Succession

The municipal corporation now existing and known as the City of Mountain View shall remain and continue a body politic and corporate in name and in fact, by the name of the City of Mountain View.

The boundaries of the City of Mountain View shall continue as now established until changed in the manner authorized by law.

The City of Mountain View shall remain vested with, and continue to have, hold and enjoy, all property, rights of property and rights of action of every nature and description now pertaining to this municipality, and is hereby declared to be the successor of the same. It shall be subject to all the liabilities that now exist against this municipality.

All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, or portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect and not in conflict with or inconsistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until the same have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.

All contracts entered into by the city or for its benefit prior to the effective date of this Charter, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which proceedings have been instituted under laws existing at the time this Charter takes effect, in the discretion of the council, may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws or may be continued or perfected under this Charter.

No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending at the time when this Charter takes effect, brought by or against the city or any officer, office, department or agency thereof, shall be affected or abated by the adoption of this Charter or by anything herein contained, but all such actions or proceedings may be continued notwithstanding that functions, powers and duties of any officer, office, department or agency a party thereto, may be assigned or transferred by or under this Charter to another officer, office, department or agency, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the head of the office, department or agency to which such functions, powers and duties have been assigned or transferred by or under this Charter.

The present officers and employees shall, without interruption, continue to perform the duties of their respective offices and employments for the compensation provided by existing ordinances, resolutions, rules or laws, until the appointment, or election, and qualification of their successors under this Charter and subject to such removal and control as is provided in this Charter.