Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22

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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
70 consist OF two members. who shall |
have exclusive authority to grant
dramshop licenses. One of the commits
sioners so appointed shall be a member
OF the leadlng political party opposed to
that to which the mayor belongs. Every
excise commissioner, before entering
upon the duties of his office, shall take
n subscribe an oath or affirmation hat
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
flee. and shall execute and deliver to the
city wherein he is appointed, a penal
bond, with ~sureties approved by the
mayor, In the sum Of ten thousand doll
lars tS10, 000.00), conditional that he will
faithfully perform all the duties Of his
office, 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 a
bona fide citizen and resident Of the city
wherein appointed for at least two years
next previous to his appointment, and
must so continue during the time of hold
ing such office; he shall be appointed
by the mayor Of sue city for a term
expiring with the then official term OF
the mayor appointing him, and until his
successor shall be duly appointed and
qualified; he shall devote his entire time
during business hours to the duties Of
his office; he may be removed from Of
flee by the mayor or governor at pleas
ure, and by the counc for cause, and
by he courts as provided by law, and not
otherwise; provided, however, that in the
event 1t becomes necessary for the gov
ernor to remove as many as three COM
m~issioners, then the governor shall, and
Is hereby vested with the power to fill
vacancies created by such removals.
Each commissioner shall receive a salary
of Eve thousand dollars s 100000 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 name 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. 1921. The person to whom a
dramshop license shall be Issued shall
pay the excise commissioners a fee of
three dollars for each state license and
a fee of three dollars for each city
license, for granting and issuing the
same, and said excise commissioners
shall charge, collect and receive a further
sum Of three dollars for taking acknowl-
edgments of each petition filed, acknowl-
edgment to bond, filing petition and
bond, administering oaths, and all other
acts of said commissioners Of like char
aeter necessary to perfecting the petit
tons and papers before the license is
issued, and the said excise commissions
ers shall perform all these services
and acts, and for that purpose the said
excise commissioners are hereby grant
ed and given the power to administer
oaths. to TAX 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 a 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. Tho 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
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TWELFTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED BY HI
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.
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House niil NO. q enae.ed ny rcrty-
eeVenth uenerai assembly ADo.isnins
Vhe present Doaru u polce cphhMlSslon-
ers as appointed Ny the governor IN
cities having three hunored Snousaho
anhhpttants OF more ana providlng ior
appointment ~ the mayor q such
cities, In lieu OF sucn BOARD OF a Di-
partisan board OF police commissioners
and prescribing the number, qualihca-
lions, duties ana salaries q the mem-
hers thereof; and providins ior tne
municipal assemnIy o. oH,mo councli
OF such cities 70 NIX the shiaries OF the
ofhcers and Policemen OF said cities'
HoJJsE BILL NO. q.
An act to amend sections SSo3 and sSV4
Of chapter "a OF article Xxx o. 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 9SoS and enact q
new section in lieu thereof to be
known as section ssOS.
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Section !, Section 9S03 Of chapter "a
of article Xxx Of the Revised Statutes
Of Missouri Of 1909, relating to munich
pal corporations. laws applicable tc
cities having three hundred thousand
inhabitants, or over, ia hereby repealed
and the following new section enacted