In the interest of the public health and for the purpose of providing adequate sewer and drainage facilities within the boundaries herein defined, or as extended in the manner herein provided, there is hereby established a metropolitan sewer district under the provisions of Section 30 of Article VI of the Constitution of Missouri. Said District shall be known by and under the name of "The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District." Said District, hereinafter referred to as "the District," shall be a body corporate, a municipal corporation, and a political subdivision of the state, with power to adopt, use, and alter at its pleasure a corporate seal, sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and in other ways to act as a public corporation within the purview of this Plan, and shall have the powers, duties, and functions as herein prescribed.

Pursuant to the provisions of this Plan and subject to the limitations imposed hereby and by the Constitution of Missouri, all powers of the District shall be vested in a Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as "the Board", which shall enact District ordinances, adopt budgets, determine policies, and appoint the Executive Director, who shall execute the ordinances and administer the government of the District and all subdistricts. The powers of the District shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in this Plan, or, if not prescribed herein, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Board.