Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-29
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REFERENDUM BY THE
PETITION On &IE PEOPLE.

House bill No. 6%enacted by Forty
seventh General ASS AbOlishInE
the present board of Police commission
ers rs 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 a BIZ
partisan board of police commissioners,
and prescribing the number, quaIifca-
lions, duties and salaries of the menu
bers thereOf; and providing for the
municipal assembly or common council
of such cities to fix the salaries of the
officers and policemen of said cities.
HOUSE BILL NO. 6.
An act to amend sections 9SO3 and 1904
of chapter 81 of article Xxx of the
Revised Statutes of Missouri of 1909,
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 as section 9S0S.
Be it enacted By the General Assembly
of the State Of Missouri, as foIIoloS:
Section l. Section 9SOS of chapter 81
of Missouri of 1909, relating to munich
pal corporations. laws applicable To
inhabitants, or over, is hereby repealed
and the following new section enacted,
10 read as follows.
Section 9SO3. In all cities of This state
that now have or may hereafter attain
a population of three hundred thousand
Inhabitants, or over, there shall be and
is hereby established within and for said
cities a board of police, to consist of
two commissioners, that one of the COM
missioners SO appointed shall be a mem
Der of the leading political party opposed
hereinafter provided, together with the
mayor of said cities for the time being,
or Whosoever may be officially acting in
point one of its members as president
and one member who shall act as vice
ident; and such president or vice-presi-
dent shall be the executive officer of the
board is not in session. The said COM
missioners shall be citizens of the state
dents of the cities for a period of four
years next preceding their appointment;
they shall, except as hereinafter speci-
ing with the then official term of the
mayor making the aPpointments, and
pointed and qualified; they shall each 9
receive a salary of five thousand dollars \
entering upon the duties of the said Of
fees. the said commissioners and the
said mayor shall take and subscribe, be-
the judicial district in which said cities
shall be located, or the clerk thereof, the .
Constitution of the state of Missouri. and
shall also take and subscribe before the
same Judge or clerk, the 1uftner OaIn OF
affidavit that in any and every appoint -
ment or removal, to be made by them
to or from the police force, created and
to be organized by them under this ar
ticle, they will, in no case, and under
no pretext, appoint or remove any po-
son under them on account of the po-
litical opinions of such police officer or
other person or for any other cause or
reason than the fitness or unfitness of
such a person: to the best Judgment of
which he shall he Amounted or from
the place from which he shall be re-
moved: The said oaths or affrmations
shall be recorded and preserved among
the records of said circuit court. The
vice-president shall be treasurer of said
the duties of his office as treasurer, he
shall give bond to the city of st. Louis.
ty Of ten thousand dollars. conditioned
for the faithful discharge Of his duties
for the faithful application and pay
ment over pursuant to the order and
which may come to his hands as such
treasurer. The bond of the treasurer
shall be approved by a judge of the
which said cities shall be located and
shall, be delivered to and safely kept
The board shall appoint a secretary to
act as such for the board of police com
missioners, to serve during the pleasure
of the board, and such appointment
shall, be additional to the number of
appointments hereinafter provided for.
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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 hereunder shall in no wise i'm
pair the right or duty of said commits
Sioners to organize and proceed as here
in provided. In case a vacancy shall
occur on said board, the same shall he
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
eligible 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
governor 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 necessary for the governor to
as many as three commissioners.
then the governor shall. and is hereby
vested with the power to fill vacancies
created by such removal. Each commits
sioner shall devote all of his time to the
duties of his office.
Section 2. Section 1904 of article Xxx OF
81 of the Revised Statutes Of
Missouri of 1909, relating to municipal