Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
ELEVENTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE,

House bill No. =, enacted by Forty
seventh General Assembly. AbOIishing
the present office of excise commits
siOner as appointed by the governor in
cities having a population of three hun
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 dramshOp licenses
in such cities shall be paid over to the
treasurers of such cities.
HOUSE Ill NO. I.
An act to repeal sections 1880 and 1921
of article two, of chapter sixty-three
of the Revised Statutes Of Missouri of
1909, entitled Excise commissioner"
and to enact new sections in lieu
thereof.
Be it enacted 1y the General Assembly
of the State of Missouri, as folloacs:
Section 1. Sections 1880 and 1921 of ar
ticle 2 of chapter So 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 1881.
Sec. 1880. In all cities in this state
which now have or may hereafter have
Il population of three hundred thousand
inhabitants or more, there IS hereby
lS"NCN " Ooi u Ais
to consist of two members, who shall
have exclusive authority to grant
sioners so appointed shall be a 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
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
city, wherein he is appointed; a penal
mayor, in the sum of ten thousand dol,
faithfI1Ilv nerform ali the duties of his
office, and account for, pay and deliver to
the proper parties all money and prop
office, which bond and oath he shall file
with the city register or clerk. Each
bona fide citizen and resident of the city I
wherein appointed for at least two years
must so continue during the time of hold
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
flee by the mayor or governor at pleas !
ure. and by the council for cause, and
by the courts as provided by law. and not
event it becomes necessary for the gov
ernor to remove as many as three com
missioners, then the governor shall. and
is hereby vested with the power to fill
Each Commissioned shall receive a salary
annum. payable monthly by such city in
such manner as such city pays the sal
penses of their office shall be paid by
such city in such manner as expenses of
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
dramshop license shall be issued. shall
pay the excise commissioners a fee of
three dollars for each state license and
e fee Of three dollars for each city
same, and said excise commissioners
shall charge, collect and receive n further
sum of three dollars for taking acknowI-
edgments of each petition filed, acknowI-
edgment. to bond. filing petition and
bond, administering oaths, and all other
acter necessary to perfecting the petit
tions and papers before. the license is
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
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. 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, during the preceding
month and since their last statement,
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-
tion and amount of ad vaIorem tax paid
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