- 1. All towns not now incorporated in this state containing less than five hundred inhabitants are hereby declared to be villages.
- 2. Any village in this state now or hereafter having more than two hundred inhabitants may by majority vote of the voters therein elect to become a city of the fourth class and shall retain such classification at its option.
(RSMo 1939 § 6216, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1120 §§ 72.050, 1)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6094; 1919 § 7614; 1909 § 8528