The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-30

der them on account of the political
opinions of such police officer or other
person or for any other cause or rea-
son than the fitness or unfitness of
such n person, to the best judgment
of such commissioners, for the place
for which he shall be appointed or
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-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 surities, in the penalty of
ten thousand dollars, conditioned for
the faithful discharge of his duties
as 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 n
Judge ofthc 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 a 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 a
quorum and the failure or refusal Of
| the mayor or acting mayor of said
cities to qualify or act thercupder
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
gihlc 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 he
removable from Office by the mayor
or gofcrnor at pleasure, or by the
council of said cities for cause, or by
the courts rs provided by law, and
not otherwise. Provided, however,
| that in the event it becomes ncCcs-
saTy 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 81 of the Revised Sta
tute, NJ 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
tion enacted, to read as follows:
Section 9S04. The mayor Of each
Of said cities shall appoint two com
missloncrs 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 fill 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. 8. Section JS0S of chapter 81
of article 90 of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri of 1909, relating to muni-
cipal corporations, laws applicable tc
cities having three hundred thousand
inhabitants, or over, is hereby re.
pealed and new section is enacted
in lieu thereof to be known as section
9S08, which said section shall read Il,
follows:
Gee. 9SOS. Salaries of officers anc
policemen, The municipal assembly
or common council of the said cite,
is hereby authorized and empowered
to fix the salaries Of the officers anC
policemen Of said cities. 1t srall b,
, the duty of the municipal assembly
or common council of the said cite
to make the necessary appropriation
b for the expense of maintenance o
said police force in the manner provid
ed by the laws of the state Of Mis-
souri,.