The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-29
ELEVENTH PROPOSITION,
REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.

House bill No. :, enacted by Forty
seventh General Assembly. Abolishfnx
the present office of excise commits
stoner AS appointed by the governor in
cities having a 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 a bi-partisan
bOard of excise commissioners, and pre-
scribing the number, qualifications. du-
ties and salaries of the members there.
of; and prov iding that all fees md
taxes received from dramshOp uccnsca
in such cities shall be paid over to the
treasurers of such cities.
HOUSE BILL NO. 7.
An act to repeal sections 1880 and 1887
of article two, of chapter sixty-three
of the Revised Statutes of Missouri ~
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 follows:
Section 1. Sections 1890 and 1887 of ar
ticle of chapter GO 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 1891
Sec. 1890. In all cities in this state
which now have or may hereafter have
population OF three hundred thousand
inhabitants or more. there is hereby
created a board Of excise commissioners
to consist of two members. who shall
drsmshe sseHsys ohs the to gant
sioners SO appointed shall he member
Of the leading political party opposed to
excise. commissioner; before entering
upon the duties Of his office, shall take
and subscribe an oath or affirmation that
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. penal
h the Of s nS d she
lars $50, .0o). conditional that he will
faithfully perform. all the duties of his
the proper parties all money and prop
erty coming to his hands by virtue Of his
office. which bond and oath he shall file
excise oommissioner must have have been ea' a
bona fide citizen and resident of the city
wherein appointed for at least two years
must 50 continue during the time Of hold old
ing such office; he shall be appointed
expiring with the then official term Of
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
ice py the mayor or governor at pleas
ure: and by the council for. cause, and
by the courts as provided by law. and not
otherwise; provided. however. that in the
event event It becomes necessary for the gov
missioners. then the governor shall. and
is hereby vested with the power to fill
Each commissioner shall receive salary
OF five thousand dollars ($5.000.00) per
annum. payable monthly by such city in
aries Of its other officials: and the ex-
penses of their office shall be paid by
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. 1927. The person to whom a
dramshop license shall be issued shall
three dollars for each state license and
a fee of three dollars for each city
license. for granting and issuing the
shall charge, collect and receive a further
sum of three dollars for taking acknowl-
edgments of each petition filed. acknowl-
bond. administering oaths s and p ali other a
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
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
take 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 q
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
ments to the treasurer file with the city
auditor a full. complete and sworn state
ment Of all of-the fees collected by them
as herein directed e,se during the preceding
and also stating the total number Of
state and city licenses issued and grant,
ed. the name Of the person to whom is
sued date when issued. date of expira-
tfon and amount Of ad valorem taf paid
on each.