In each township in this state, organized under the provisions of this chapter, there shall be a board of directors, composed of the township trustee and members of the township board, whose duty it shall be:

1. (1) To audit all accounts of township officers for services rendered as such officers;
2. (2) To audit all other accounts or demands legally presented to them against the township;
3. (3) To levy all taxes for township, road and bridge purposes, and all other duties provided by this chapter for the township board of directors to perform.

(RSMo 1939 § 13976, A.L. 1981 H.B. 114 & 146)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 12299; 1919 § 13212; 1909 § 11700