The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-15

N Sec. 1880. In all cities In this state
(which now have or may hereafter have
: population of three hundred thousand
+ Inhabitants or more. there IL hereby
crsated board Of excise commissioners
to consist Of two members. who shall
have exclusive authority to grant
y dramshop licenses. One of the commits
ssioners SO appointed shall be member
Of the leading political party opposed to
that to which the mayor belongs. Every
excise commissioner, before entering
upon the duties Of his office. shall take
and subscribe an oath or affirmation that
he possesses the qualifications for such
office prescribed by law, that he will
support the Constitution Of the United
States and Of the state Of Missouri; that
he will demean himself faithfully in Of
fce, and shall execute and deliver to the
city wherein he Is appointed. penal
bond, with sureties approved by the
: mayor in the sum Of ten thousand dol
lars ($10, 100000, conditional that he viii
faithfully perform all the duties OF his
efnce and account for. pay and deliver to
the proper parties all money and prop
erty coming to his hands by virtue Of his
Office, which bond and oath he shall file
with the city register or clerk Each
excise commissioner must have been q
bona fide citizen and resident OF the city
wherein appointed for at least two years
next previous to his appointment, and
ing such Office; he shall be appointed
by the mayor Of such city for term
expiring with the then official term Of
the mayor appointing him, and until his
successor shall be duly appointed ana
qualified; he shall devote his entire time
i during business hours to the duties OF
his office; he may be removed from Of
fee by the mayor or governor at pleas
ure. and by the council for cause, and
by the courts as provided by law, and not
Otherwise; provided, however. that in the
event 1t becomes necessary for the gov
ernor to remove az many as three COM
missiOners, then the governor shall, and
u hereby vested with the power to fill
vacancies created by such removals.
Each commissioner shall receive salary
OF Ave thousand dollars $5.000.00) per
annum, payable monthly by such city in
such manner as such city pays the SAL
aries Of its other officials; and the ex-
penses Of their office shall be paid by
such city in such manner, as expenses Of
other Offices in such city are paid. The
excise commissioners, including those now
In Office, shall deliver to their successors,
on demand, all property pertaining to the
Office
Sec. 1887. The person to whom a
dramshop license shall be issued shall
nay the excise commissioners fee Of
three dollars for each state license and
= fee Of three dollars for each city
license. for granting and issuing the
same, and said excise commissioners
shall charge. collect and receive further
sum Of three dollars for taking acknowl-
edEments Of each petition filed, acknowl-
edgment to bond. fNh petition and
bond, administering oat&e, and all other
acts Of said commissioners of like char
acter necessary to perfecting the petit
tons and papers before the"aicense Is
issued, and the said excise commission
oho1I oil
and acts. and for that purpose the said
excise commissioners are hereby grant,
ed and given the power to administer
oaths, to take Acknowledgements to all
papers and instruments filed in their
Office and to possess the same powers
for that purpose as are now given by
the statute law OF the state of Missouri
to justices Of the peace. All fees and
charges SO collected shall be paid over
to the treasurer Of the city wherein
they are appointed to be placed to the
credit of the general revenue fund Of such
city. Said excise commissioners shall
take u receipt therefor from the treas
urer; the original they shall file with the
city auditor, and the duplicate thereof
they shall file in their own office as a
part Of the record thereof. The said
excise commissioners shall make said pay
ments to the city treasurer on the first
Monday Of each and every month. and
shall at the time OF making said pay
ments to the treasurer file with the city
auditor full, complete and sworn state
ment Of all OF the fees collected by them
as herein directed, during the preceding
month and since their last statement.
and also stating the total number Of
state and city licenses issued and grant
ed, the name Of the person to whom is
sued, date when issued, date of expira-
ton and amount Of ad valorem tax paid
on each.
TWELFTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.
House bill No. 9, enacted by Forty
seventh General Assembly. AbOlishing
the present board Of police commission
ers ~ appointed BY the governor In
cities having three hundred thousand
Inhabitants or more and providing for
appointment By the mayor of such
cities, in lieu Of such board, of \ BIZ
partisan board of police com missioners,
and prescribing the number, qualinca-
lions, duties and salaries Of the meme
hers fhereOfJ and providing for the
municipal assembly common council
Of such cities to M the salaries Of the
efAcers and policemen Of said cities.
HOUSE BILL NO. s.
An act to amend sections 9SO3 and 1904
Revised Statutes Of Missouri Of 19O9
relating to municipal corporations,
laws applicable to cities having three
hundred thousand inhabitants or over
and to repeal section 9S0S and enact a
new section in lieu thereof to be
known az section 980S.
Be u enacted by the Genera; Assembly
Of the State Of Missouri. a. follows:
Section /. Section 9803 Of chapter "a
Of article Xxx Of the Revised Statutes
Of Missouri of 1909, relating to munich
pal corporations, laws applicable to
cities having three hundred thousand
Inhabitants, or over. 10 hereby repealed
and the following new section enacted,
to read a. follows:
Section $500. In all cities Of this state
that now have or may hereafter attain
q population Of three hundred thousand
inhabitants, or over, there shall be and
in hereby established within and for said
cities q board Of police, to consist Of
two commissioners, that one Of the COM
sionors 20 appointed shall be a member
Of the leading political party opposed to
that to which the mayor belongs a.
hereinafter provided, together with tine
mayor Of said cities for the time being.
or whatsoever may be Officially acting In
that capacity and said board shall APP
point one Of its members as president