The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-09

r der them on account of the politics
5 opinions Of such police officer or othe
person or for any other cause or rea
! son than the fitness or unfitness o
; such a person, to the best judgmen
: of such commissioners, for the plac
for which he shall be appointed o
, from the place from which he shall
be removed. The said oaths or afiir
nations shall be recorded and pre-
served among the records of said cir
cult court. The vise-presdent 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 surities, in the penalty OF
ten thousand dollars, conditioned for
the faithful discharge of his duties
MS treasurer Of the board of police
and for the faithful application and
| payment 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 shall be approved by a
| judge ofthe circuit court of the judi
cial circuit in which said cities shall
be located and shall be delivered to
and safely kept by the register or
clerk of said cities. The board shall
appoint n secretary to act as such for
the board of police commissioners,
to serve during the pleasure Of the
board, and such appointment shallbe
additional to the number of appoint.
ments hereinafter provided for, and
his salary shall be determined and
fixed by the boards of police commits
sioners. The board may reorganize
at its pleasure. A majority of the
boards Of police shall constitute
quorum and the failure or refusal of
the mayor or acting mayor of said
cities to qualify or act thcreupder
shall in no wise impair the right and
duty of said commissioners to organ
ize and proceed as herein provided.
In case vacancy shall occur on said
board, the same shall be filled. for
the unexpired term, by the mayor of
said cities forthwith after having been
notified that such vacancy exists.
No police commissioner shall be eli
gible to any public Office or place
whatsoever during the whole period
for which he was appointed, nor shall
he be eligible for the nomination for
any public office or place during such
period. Such commissioners shall be
removable from office by the mayor
or gofernur at pleasure, or by the
council of said cities for cause, or by
the courts as provided by law, and
not otherwise. Provided, however,
that in the event it becomes neces-
sary for the governor to remove as
many as three commissioners, then
the governor shall, and is hereby
vested with the power to fill vacancies
created by such removal Each com
missioner shall devote all of his time
to the duties of his office.
Section >. Section 1904 of article
Xxx of chapter "a of the Revised Sta
tutes of Missouri of 1909, relating to
municipal corporations, laws applica-
bic to cities having three hundred
thousand inhabitants, or over, Is here
by repealed and the following new sec
ton enacted, to read as follows:
Section 1904. The mayor of each
of said cities shall appoint two COM
missioners provided for in the proceed
ing section. Said mayor shall issue
commissions to the persons so APP
pointed, designating the time for
which they are appointed in case the
appointment is to fiji an unexpired
term occasioned bv death, resignation
or other cause, and whenever the term
of office of any commissioner expires,
the appointment of his successor
shall be for the term prescribed in the |
preceding section.
Sec. 3. Section 9S08 of chapter 81 |
of article 20 of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri Of 1909, relating to NUM-
cipal corporations, laws applicable to
cities having three hundred thousand |
or over. is hereby re- |
pealed and n new section is enacted |
in lieu thereof to be known as section |
9SOS, which said section shall read as
follows:
Gee. 1908. Salaries Of officers and |
municipal assembly |
or common council of the said cities
is hereby authorized and empowered |
to fix the salaries of the officers and |
policemen Of said cities. 1t srall be
the duty Of the municipal assembly |
or common council of the said cities |
to make the necessary appropriations
for the expense of maintenance OF |
said police force in the manner provid-
ed by the laws of the state of Mis-
souri,.