Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.420
It shall be the duty of the mayor and municipal assembly or council in all cities of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over, or which may hereafter attain a population of three hundred thousand or over, to establish and locate a market for the sale, at wholesale or retail, of fruits, vegetables and other farm or dairy products.
(RSMo 1939 § 7720)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7572; 1919 § 8982; 1909 § 9833