Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-29
ELEVENTH PROPOSITION
ORDERED BY THE
PETITION OF THE PEOPLE

uouse bIlI No. Z, enacted BY Forty-
..,,e,th crneraI Assembly. Aboiishin&
she pre.ent ofhce OF excise eem"s-
.taurr a. annotated by the governor IN
cities having n population OF three heh
ared thousand inhabitants OF more ana
rroytdine for appointments Sy he
mayor Of such cities, IN hrn OF seen
excise commissioner. OF hi-PaIhN""
hnard Of excise commissioners anu psc-
gcribInE the number, auniihsa'leha. ~ w
sIe. and salaries Of the members mere
~, .na ura, IdiaE that all fees ana
s.s.. received from dramshop licenses
4. .urh cities shall he paid over 20 the
treasarers Of such cities.
HOUSE BILL. NO. l.
An act to repeal sections 72so ana 1881
Of article two. OF chapter siNy-tnrce
- me Revised Statutes OF Missouri OF
,aoe entitled Excise commissioner"
and 20 enact new sections In lieu
thereof
q, Il cnaoted bv The General assembly
Of ne state Of Atsseari, as fouo'es'
Section /. Sections 1880 and 1881 Of ar
tieie OF chapter So Of the Revised stat
utes OF Missouri OF 1903, are hereby RS
peaicd aud the following new seetlohA
n ueu thereof are hereby enacted 10 DO
dssignatod sections 1850 and 1887.
see 72ao In all cities ia this state
which now have or may hereafter nave
a population OF three hundred ihpusahha
inhabitants or more, lhclH " ncltns
10 consist OF Two members, who shan
have exclusive authority 70 sIana
drRmshop licenses One OF the comni,ls-
sioners so appointed shah ne Ileti".s i -
OF the leadinG political party opposed TO
that TO which the mayor belongs. Every
excise commissioner. before entering
upon the duties of his office, shan lake
and subscribe an oath or affirmation that
office prescribed by law, that ne VIII
support the Constitution of the uniIeu
States and of the state OF Missoufii thht
he viii demean himself faithfully N ol-
lice. and shall execute and deliver to the
city wherein he is appointed, a penaI
bond, with sureues approved by tne
mayor, in the sum OF ten thousand aoi,
lars $50 000.0 00l, conditional that ne VIII
faithfully perform all the duties OF his
office, and account for, pay ana denver 70
the proper parties all money ana prop
erty coming TO his hands by virtue ot ms ms
office, which bond and oath ne shail ne
with the city register or clerk. Each
excise commissioner must have been
bona fide 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 hold
ing such office; he shall be appointed
by the mayor OF such city for term
the mayor appointing him. and until his
successor shall be duly appointed and
qualified: he shall devote his entire time
during business hours 10 the duties OF
his office; he may be removed from or
flee by the mayor or governor at pleas.
ure, and by the council for cause, ana
by the courts rs provided by law. and not
otherwise, provided. however, that IN the
event it becomes necessary for the gov
ernor to remove as many as three, oom-
missioners, then the governor shall, ana
is hereby vested with the power to fill
vacancies created by such removals.
Each commissioner shall receive a salary
Of five thousand dollars (S5.0O00Ol per
annum, payable monthly by such city IN
such manner as such city pays the sal
aries Of It's 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 10 their successors.
on demand, all property pertaining to the
office.
dramshop license shall be Issued shall
nav 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-
e1gments Of each petition filed, acknowl-
edgment 60 bond. filing petition and
bond administering "a tbs, ana atl Other
acts Of said commissioners Of like char
acter necessary to perfecting the petit
tlons and papers before the license 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
cd and given the power TO administer
oaths TO take acknowledgements 10 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 50 collected shall b0 paid over
10 the treasurer Of the city wherein
they are appointed. to be placed to tho
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 tho
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 timo 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-
tion and amount of ad valorem tax paid
on each.