The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-22

peAled and the following new eectione
In lieu thereof are hereby enacted 70 -
designated sections 1890 and 1887.
Sec 1880. In all cities In this state
which now have or may hereafter have
population of three hundred thousand
I inhabitants or more. there Is hereby
v created board OF excise commissioner
to consist Of two members, who snalt
have exclusive authority TO grant
dran,shop licenses One Of the commits
sfoners so appointed shall be member
Of the leading political party opposed to
that TO which the mayor belongs EVERY
excise commissioner. before entering
upon the duties, OF his office, shall take
and subscribe an oath or affirmation that
he possesses the qualifications for sucn
office prescribed by law. that ne wiii
support the Constitution of the United
States and Of the state of Missouri; that
he will demean himself faithfully In Of
fee, and shall execute and deliver to the
city wherein he Is appointed, penal
bond. with sureties approved by tne
mayor, in the sum Of ten thousand DOL.
lars csc, 100000. conditional that ne WIN
faithfully perform all the duties OF ms
office. and account for. pay ana denver 10
the proper parties all money and prop
erty coming to his hands by virtue OF his
office, which bond and oath he shall ME
with the city register or clerk. Eacn
excise commissioner must have been
bona fltle citizen and resident OF the CITY
wherein appointed for at least two years
next previous to his appointment. ana
must so continue during the time OF mold
ing such office; he shall be appointed
by the mayor OF such city for term
expiring with the then official term OF
the mayor appointing him. and until MS
successor shall be duly appointed ana
qualified; he shall devote his entire time
during business hours to the duties OF
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fice by the mayor or governor at pleas.
ure, and by the council for cause, ana
by the 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
missioners then the governor shall, ana
Is hereby vested with the power to NIL
vacancies created by such removals
Each commissioner shall receive salary
OF five thousand dollars ($5.0OO.0O) 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 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
office.
Sec. 1887 The person to whom a
dramshop license shall be issued snail
pay the excise commissioners fee OF
three dollars for each state license and
= fee Of three dollars for each city
license, for granting and issuing the
same, and said excise commissioners
shall charge, collect and receive 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
o<z NJ mt loci nf like char
acter necessary to perfecting the petit
tions and papers before the|adicense Is
Issued, and the said excise commission
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 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
city,. Said excise commissioners shall
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 Cne TeCOTQ tuer6Ol 4ue Shiu
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 fun. 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-
ton and amount of ad valorem tax paid
on each.
TWELFTH PROPOSITION.
REFERENDUM ORDERED by THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE.
House bill No. 9, enacted by Forty
seventh General Assembly. AbOlishiag
the present board of police commissions
ers as appointed BY the governor In
cities having three hundred thousand
Inhabitants or more and providing for
appointment ~ the mayor of such
cities, in lieu Of such board, of BIZ
partisan hoard Of police commissioners,
and prescribing the number, Qualtnca-
lions, duties and salaries OF the meme
bers hereof, and providing for the
municipal assembly or common council
Of such cities to M the salaries Of the
ofaeers and policemen of said cities.
HOUSE BILL NO. 6.
An act to amend sections 1908 and 1904
of chapter "a Of article Xxx Of the
Revised Statutes Of Missouri Of 1903.
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
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