Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-29
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REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE
PETIIION or THE PEnnIE

House bill No. =, enacted by Forty
seventh General Assembly. AbOIishims
the present office of excise commits
siOner as appointed by the governor in
cities having Il population Of three hum
dred thousand inhabitants or more and
providing for appointment by the
mayor of such cities, in lieu of such
excise commissioner, of n bipartisan
board of excise commissioners, and pre-
Scribing the number qualifications, du-
ties and salaries of the members there
of; and providing that all fees and
taxes received from drnmshOp licenses
in such cities shall be paid over to the
treasurers of such cities.
HOUSE BILL NO. T..
An act to repeal sections 1880 and 1887
of article two, of chapte sixty-three
of the Revised Statutes of Missouri of
1909, entitled Excise commissioner
and to enact new sections in lieu
thereof.
Be it enacted By the General Assembly
OF the state Of Missouri, as folIotos:
Section /. Sections 1880 and 1887 of ar
ticle 2 of chapter 60 of the Revised Stat
utes of Missouri of 1909, are hereby re-
pealed and the following new sections
in lieu thereof are hereby enacted to be
designated sections 1880 and 1887.
Sec. 1890. In all cities in this state
which now have or may hereafter have
a population of three hundred thousand
inhabitants or more, there is hereby
created a board of excise commissioners
to consist of two members, who snail
dramshop licenses. One of the commits
sionerS so appointed shall be a member
that to which the mayor belongs. Every
excise commissioners, 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
tice, and shall execute and deliver to the
bond. with sureties approved by the
mayor, in the sum of ten thousand dol
lars $50, 000. 00), conditional that he will
faithfully perform all the duties of his
office, and account for, pay and deliver to
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 a
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 a term
the mayor appointing him, and until his
successor shall be duly appointed and
during business hours to the duties OF
his office; he may be removed from Of
flee by the mayor or governor at pleas, I
ure. and by the council for cause, and
by the courts as provided by law, and not
otherwise; provided. however. that in the
event it becomes necessary for the gov
ernor to remove as many as three. COM
missioners, then the governor shall, and
vacancies created by such removals.
Each commissioner shall receive a salary
of five thousand dollars ($5, 000.00( per
such manner as such city pays the SAL
aries of its other officials: and the, ex-
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
Sec. 1887. The person to whom a
license shall be issued shall
pay the excise commissioners a fee of
three dollars for each state license and
for granting and issuing the
same, and said excise commissioners
sum of three dollars for taking acknowl-
edgments of each petition filed, acknowI-
to. bond. filing petition and
bond, administering oaths, and all other
acts of said commissioners of like char
acter necessary to perfecting the petit
issued :" and the said excise commission
ers, shall perform all these services
and acts, and for that purpose the said
ed and given the power to administer
oaths. to take acknowledgements to all
office and to possess the same powers
for that purpose as are now given by
statute law of the state of Missouri
to justices of the peace. All fees and
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 a receipt therefor from the treas
urer; the original they shall file with the
city auditor. and the duplicate thereof
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
to the treasurer file with the city
a full. complete and sworn state
nent 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
the name of the person to whom is
sued, date when issued. date of expira-
ton and amount of adSvalOrem tax paid
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