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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 79

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 79

Cities of the Fourth Classification

79.010Fourth class cities, incorporation of 79.020City limits may be altered, how 79.025Annexation of territory prohibited, when (City of Byrnes Mill)79.030Election of officers 79.035Primary election may be held, procedure, cost, exception 79.040Election ordered 79.050Elective officers, terms — chief of police or marshal, qualification — same person may be elected collector and marshal — board of aldermen, four-year term permitted, submission to voters required 79.055City marshal, training requirements, fourth class cities 79.060City to be divided into wards — aldermen elected — aldermen at large permitted for certain cities 79.070Aldermen, qualifications 79.080Mayor, qualifications 79.090Board to select an acting president, term 79.100Acting president to perform duties of mayor, when 79.110Mayor and board — duties 79.120Mayor may sit in board 79.130Ordinances — procedure to enact — inapplicable, when 79.135Proposed ordinance by petition, procedure (City of Savannah)79.140Bills must be signed — mayor's veto 79.150Board to keep journal of proceedings 79.160Board shall publish semiannual statements 79.165No money of city to be disbursed until statement is published — penalty 79.170(Repealed L. 1978 H.B. 971 § 1)Repealed 79.180Board may compel attendance of witnesses — mayor to administer oaths 79.190Mayor to sign commissions 79.200Mayor shall have the power to enforce laws 79.210Mayor — communications to board 79.220Mayor may remit fine, grant pardon 79.230Appointive officers 79.235Appointment of nonelected board members by mayor, when, certain cities 79.240Removal of officers 79.250Officers to be voters and residents — exceptions, appointed officers 79.260Officers' oath — bond 79.270Salaries fixed by ordinance 79.280Vacancies in certain offices, how filled 79.290Powers and duties of officers to be prescribed by ordinance 79.300Treasurer, duties — bond 79.310Collector to make annual report 79.320City clerk, election — duties 79.330Offices of marshal and collector may be consolidated 79.340Officers to report receipts and expenditures 79.350Mayor or board may inspect books and records of officers 79.360Misdemeanor in office, penalty 79.365Compensation of certain board and commission members, how fixed 79.370Board shall regulate sanitary conditions 79.380Diseases, control of — condemnation for public facilities — police jurisdiction, city-owned property 79.383Abatement of nuisance by civil action, city may be awarded attorney's fees 79.390Powers — water supply, marketplaces, city hall, prison, parks 79.400Powers — regulation of lumberyards, fences, animals and poultry — may establish pounds 79.410Powers — regulations governing 79.420(Repealed L. 1988 S.B. 676)Repealed 79.430Board may provide public cemeteries and regulate same 79.440Cemetery lots, how sold 79.450Certain activities to be prohibited and suppressed 79.460Board may prohibit carrying concealed weapons 79.470Board to set penalties, limitation 79.480Notice of action shall be given — when — contents 79.490Fourth class city disincorporated, how — election, notice 79.495Disincorporation without election allowed, when — diminishing city limits (certain fourth class cities)79.500Contracts not affected by disincorporation 79.510County commission shall appoint trustee 79.520Trustee, duties 79.530Trustee may employ counsel — report to county commission 79.540Trustee to make final settlement with county commission 79.550Municipal redevelopment authority, governing body may establish (certain municipalities)79.552Members, appointment, qualifications, terms — expenses (certain municipalities)79.555Powers of authority (certain municipalities)79.557Bonds, interest and income tax exempt — recognized as securities (certain municipalities)79.560Purchases of real property, cooperation of other political subdivisions — limitation of powers (certain municipalities)79.565Elected or appointed officials, no financial interest in authority operations (certain municipalities)79.600Annexation of trash and recyclable material facilities, procedure (City of Eureka)