The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-16


der them on account of the politica
opinions of such police officer or othe
person or for any other cause or rea
son than the fitness or untitness o
such u person, to the best judgmen
of such commissioners, for the plac,
for which he shall be appointed OF
! from the place from which he shall
be removed. The said oaths or affir
nations shall be recorded and pre-.
served among the records of said cir.
cult court. The vise-president shall
be treasurer of said board of police
Before entering upon the duties OF
his Office as treasurer, he shall give
bond TO the city of ST. Louis, with
one or more suritieS, in the penalty of
ten thousand dollars, conditioned for
the faithful discharge of his duties
and for the faithful application and
payment over, pursuant to the order
and direction of said board, of all
money, which may come to his hands
as sucn treasurer. The bond of the
treasurer shall be approved by Il
judge ufthe circuit court of the judi
cial circuit in which said cities shall
be located and shall be delivered to
and safely kept by the register or
clerk Of said cities. The board shall
appoint secretary to act as such for
the board Of police commissioners,
to serve during the pleasure of the
board, and such appointment shallbe
additional to the number of appoint
ments hereinafter provided for, and
his salary shall be determined and
fixed 10y the boards of police commits
sioners The board may reorganize
at its pleasure. a majority Of the
boards Of police shall constitute Il
quorum and the failure or refusal of
the mayor or acting mayor Of said
cities to qualify or act thcreupder
shall in no wise impair the right and
duty of said commissioners to organ
i2o and proceed as herein provided.
In case vacancy shall occur on said
board, the same shall be filled, for
the unrNpred term, by the mayor of
said cities forthwith after having been
notified that such vacancy exists.
No police commissioner shall be eli
gible To- any public office or place
whatsoever during the whole period
for which he was appointed, nor shall
he he eligible for the nomination for
any public Office or place during such
period Such commissioners shall be
removable from office by the mayor
or gofcrnor at pleasure, or by the
council Of said cities for cause, or by
the courts as provided by law, and
not otherwise. Provided, however.
that in the event il becomes neces-
sary for the governor to remove as
the governor shall, and is hereby
vested with the power to fill vacancies
created by such removal. Each com"
missioner shall devote all of his time
to the duties Of his office.
Section p Section 1884 Of article
Xxx of chapter 81 of the Revised Sta
tutes Of Missouri of 1909, relating to
corporations, avs applica-
BILE to cities having three hundred
thousand inhabitants, or over, Is here
by repealed and the following new sec
ton enacted, to read as follows
Section 1904. The mayor oc each
of said cities shall appoint two com
misslonerS provided for in the proceed
ing section. Said mayor shall issue
commission to the persons so APP
pointed. designating the time for
which they are appointed in case the
is to fill an ur1Nplrcd
term uccasloncd bv death. resignation
or other cause, and whenever the term