Ripley County democrat., 1914-10-30

affidavit that IN any aud every appoint
meat or removal. 20 TIC IAade by then
10 or from the police force. created an,
TO be organized by them under this ar,
ticle. they will, in no case. and unde
no preteXt, appoint or remove any DO
/ licemAn or ofrccr Of police or other per.
son under them on account Of the DO
Atical opinions Of such police officer o
other person or for any other cause OF
reason than the fitness or uuitness oi
such a person. to the best Judgment oi
such commissioners. for the place fol
which he shall be appointed or from
The place from which he shall be re-
moved. The said oaths or affirmation.
shall be recorded and preserved among
the records of said circuit court The
yice-president shall be treasurer OF said
board Of police. Before entering upon
the duties Of his office as treasurer. he
shall give bond TO the city of St Louis
with one or more sureties. in the penal
~ OF ten thousand dollars. conditioned
Tor the faithful discharge Of his duties
as treasurer Of the board OF police and
Tor the faithful application and pay
ment over, pursuant to the order and
direction Of said board. OF all moneys
which may come to his hands as such
treasurer. The bond OF the treasurer
shal be approved by judge Of the
circuit court Of the judicial circuit In
which said cities shall be located and
shalt be delivered to and safely kept
by the register or CLERK of salu cities.
The board shah appoint a secretary to
act as such for the board of police com
missloneIs, to serve during the pleasure
OF the board, and such appointment
shall be additional to the number Of
appointments hereinafter provided for.
and his salary sh2ll be determined and
hNed by the boards OF police commits
sioners. The board may reorganize 1t
its pleasure A majority of the boards
OF police shah constitute a quorum and
the failure or refusal of the mayor or
acting mayor Of said cities to qualify
or act thtlcundur shah IN no wise in-
par the tlGht or duty ct Sud COnmis-
SIuners to organize aud Proceed as here
III provided. IN case a vacancy shall
occur Ga said board. the same shall be
nlled, for the uueNpIed term, by the
mayor uf said cities forthwith after
having been notified that such vacancy
exists No police tmmiSstouer shall be
eligible u any public office or place
Whatsoever during tie whole period for
which he was appointed, nor shall lie
be eligible for the nomination for any
public Office or place during sucn
period. Such commissioners shall be
removable from office by the mayor or
governor at plcas.Ie or by the council
OF said cities for cause. or by the courts
as HluNtdrd ly law, aud nut otherwise.
Provided however that in the event ii
becomes urcc.suy for thr governor TO
remove AS many as three commissioners.
then the governor SHALL and is hereby
vested IlH Il, flI DEL.
created hy such removal. Each commis-
sluner shall devote all of his time tu the
duties Of his office
Section =. Section 9S04 of article Xxx Of
chapter 81 Of the Revised Statutes Of
Missouri of 1909, relating to municipal
corporations, laws applicable to cities
having three hundred thousand in
habitants, or over, is hereby repealed
and the following new section enacted,
to read as follows
Section 9NVi. The mayor OF each nf
said cities shall appoint two commits
sloners provided for in the preceding
section. Said mayor shah issue com
missions to the persons so appointed,
designating the time for which they are
iu case the appointment Is in
fill an uueNpired term uccdsioned by
death, resignation. Or other cause. and
NHeueNtl Nhe term OF ONCE Ol any COM
missioner expires, the appointment OF his
successor shall b" for the term prescribed
In thu preceding section
Sec 3, Section 9NOS VI chapter 81 of
article 20 Of the Revised statutes Of
Missouri uf 1909 relating to municipal
separations, laws applicable to cities
having three hundred thousand In
lAbiIants, or over is hereby repealed
and new section Is enacted in lieu
thereof 10 he known As section aSOS.
which said section shah read MS follows
Sec. 9NoS. Salaries Of officers and po-
icemen.-The municipal assembly or
common council Of the said cities is
hereby authorized and empowered to fix
the salaries of the officers and police
men of said cities, It shall be the duty
of the municipal assembly or common
council of the said cities to make the
necessary appropriations for the expense
1f maintenance of said rolicc force in the
manner provided by the laws uf the state
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