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MO Rev Stat § 230.245 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions|Section 230.245 - Priority of roads by usage.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   230.245. Priority of roads by usage. — 1. In establishing the comprehensive road plan required by sections 230.200 to 230.260, priority in construction, reconstruction, improvement, restoration and maintenance of roads shall be given in the following order:  (1) County roads presently used for school bus routes, mail routes and milk routes;  (2) County roads now used for any two of the purposes named in subdivision (1) above;  (3) County roads now used for any one of the purposes named in subdivision (1) above;  (4) County roads which may be used if improved or restored for a school bus route, mail route, or milk route;  (5) The construction of county roads which may be used for a school bus route, mail route or milk route;  (6) Any other county road containing a live rural unit, as defined in subsection 2 of this section, if consideration is given to the number of live rural units served by the road, and the amount of traffic on the road.  2. The following terms as used in sections 230.200 to 230.260 mean:  (1) "County roads", all public roads located within the county, except roads or highways constructed or maintained by the state transportation department or by the federal government, and except roads, streets, or highways in incorporated villages, towns, or cities;  (2) "Live rural unit", any church, school, dwelling, or farm. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 230.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions|Section 230.250 - County highway commission may designate certain roads as part of supplemental state highway system — state highways and transportation commission to approve.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   230.250. County highway commission may designate certain roads as part of supplemental state highway system — state highways and transportation commission to approve. — Any county adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 may, through their county highway commission, designate not less than twenty-five miles nor more than fifty miles of roads within the county which are connecting roads between present supplementary farm to market state highways. Upon designation and approval by the state highways and transportation commission, these roads shall become a part of the permanent supplementary state highway system. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 230.255 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions|Section 230.255 - Twenty-five percent refund of road and bridge tax to cities, towns and villages required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   230.255. Twenty-five percent refund of road and bridge tax to cities, towns and villages required. — In all counties adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260, at least twenty-five percent of the road and bridge tax collected in any incorporated city, town or village in the county shall be expended within the city, town or village. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 230.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 230 - County Highway Commissions|Section 230.260 - Special named district in two or more counties, effect of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1971   230.260. Special named district in two or more counties, effect of. — Sections 230.200 to 230.260 shall not apply to any special named district which is located in two or more counties unless all such counties shall adopt the alternative county highway commission plan as herein provided. ­­-------- (L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 13)
MO Rev Stat § 231.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.010 - County commissions to divide counties into road districts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.010. County commissions to divide counties into road districts. — The county commissions of all counties, other than those under township organization, shall, during the month of January, 1918, with the advice and assistance of the county highway engineer, divide their counties into road districts, all to be numbered, of suitable and convenient size, road mileage and taxable property considered. Said commissions, during the month of January biennially thereafter, have authority to change the boundaries of any such road district as the best interest of the public may require. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8514)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7868; 1919 § 10661; 1909 § 10464
MO Rev Stat § 231.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.020 - Road overseers to be appointed — when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   231.020. Road overseers to be appointed — when. — In all counties of classes two, three and four not adopting an alternative form of county government, all road overseers shall be appointed by the county commission of the county during the month of February. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8516, A.L. 1945 p. 1478)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7870; 1919 § 10662; 1909 § 10465
MO Rev Stat § 231.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.030 - Overseer to give bond — approved by county commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.030. Overseer to give bond — approved by county commission. — Before entering upon his duties each road overseer shall execute to the county a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the county commission, with good and sufficient security to be approved by the commission, the condition of such bond to be that he will faithfully discharge his duties as such road overseer, and that he will account for all sums of money received by him as such overseer, and that he will account to the county highway engineer, at the expiration of his term of office, for all tools, machinery, books, papers and other property belonging to the county or district, and such bond may be sued upon by the county to the use of the road district or any person injured by a breach thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8518)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7872; 1919 § 10663; 1909 § 10467  CROSS REFERENCE:  County officer or road overseer not to be sales agent for road material or machinery, penalty, 229.090, 229.200
MO Rev Stat § 231.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.040 - Copies of road laws to be furnished county commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1961   231.040. Copies of road laws to be furnished county commission. — Five copies of the road laws of this state, properly indexed, in pamphlet form shall be forwarded to the clerk of each of the counties for the use of the county commission. Additional copies shall be forwarded upon application by the commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8592, A.L. 1961 p. 558)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7943; 1919 § 10730; 1909 § 10548
MO Rev Stat § 231.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.050 - Overseer to make monthly statement — file with county clerk.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.050. Overseer to make monthly statement — file with county clerk. — Each road overseer shall file with the county highway engineer, or the county clerk in counties that have no highway engineer, between the first and tenth day of each month, a detailed statement of his transactions as road overseer during the preceding month, showing the amounts collected by him and from whom collected, and the amounts disbursed, and on what account, and what work has been done in his district, including the amount of his own work, and when and where done, and for the making of which reports suitable blanks shall be furnished by the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8519)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7873; 1919 § 10664; 1909 § 10468
MO Rev Stat § 231.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.060 - Overseer to make annual report and settlement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   231.060. Overseer to make annual report and settlement. — It shall be the duty of every road overseer to make a detailed report, under oath, to the county commission at each regular term thereof, and he shall, in February of each year, make to the commission his final report and settlement, under oath, of all moneys received and expended by him, from what source received and on what account expended. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8521, A.L. 1945 p. 1478)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7875; 1919 § 10666; 1909 § 10469
MO Rev Stat § 231.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.070 - Overseer to keep roads in repair — to conform to specifications of engineer.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.070. Overseer to keep roads in repair — to conform to specifications of engineer. — It shall be the duty of the road overseer to keep the roads in his district in as good repair as the funds at his command will permit. He shall at all times conform to the plans and specifications and instructions of the county highway engineer for the character of the work in question. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8520)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7874; 1919 § 10665; 1909 § 10470  CROSS REFERENCES:  County highway engineer to be custodian of road tools, 61.210  County highway engineer to have supervision over highways of county--reports--hold meetings of road overseers, 61.220, 61.260, 61.270  Overseers to follow plans of engineer--penalty for failure, 61.250  Thistles on unoccupied lands to be cut, expenses how paid, 263.200
MO Rev Stat § 231.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.080 - Highway engineer or overseer to contract for ditching and draining, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.080. Highway engineer or overseer to contract for ditching and draining, when. — The county highway engineer or the overseer of any road district, with the approval of the engineer, is authorized to contract with any owner of land adjacent to the line of public roads for the purpose of opening any ditch or ditches for the drainage of the road, or to procure any necessary material for road purposes, and to pay a reasonable compensation therefor. Said contracts shall be in writing, and, if they relate to the opening of ditches and drains, shall describe the lands on which said ditches or drains are situated, and the location of same, and shall be acknowledged by the landowner and filed and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8523)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7877; 1919 § 10669
MO Rev Stat § 231.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.100 - Officials authorized to make settlement for damages.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.100. Officials authorized to make settlement for damages. — Whenever the construction or operation by any person, firm, corporation or association of any power, or a hydroelectric project results in the inundation of roads other than state highways, the county commission or proper officers of the political subdivision, having jurisdiction of such roads, are hereby authorized to make settlement therefor, and all money received therefrom shall be placed to the credit of the road fund of such county or political subdivision as the case may be. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8515)  Prior revision: 1929 § 7869
MO Rev Stat § 231.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.110 - County commission in counties of second class to set aside land for shade trees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   231.110. County commission in counties of second class to set aside land for shade trees. — The county commissions of class two counties shall have the power and it is hereby made their duty, upon the petition of a majority of the resident property owners adjoining such road or roads, by order of record, to set aside a strip of land not less than six feet in width, along and from each side of every public road or highway of fifty feet or more in width now or hereafter laid out as a public road, within a distance of two miles of the corporate limits of any city, for the purpose of having planted and cared for shade and ornamental trees and providing for and maintaining footpaths on said strip of land. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8574, A.L. 1945 p. 1500)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7925; 1919 § 10713; 1909 § 10516
MO Rev Stat § 231.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.120 - County commission may construct footpaths, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.120. County commission may construct footpaths, when. — Whenever such a strip of land shall have been set aside by the county commission, and the said road, including said strip of land graded to the established grade, the said county commission shall have the power to have footpaths constructed and cause shade trees of uniform variety and size to be planted thereon, under the supervision of the county highway engineer; after which it shall be the duty of the road overseer of the district containing such road or roads to care for and protect the same out of the road funds of such district; provided, the said county commission may in its discretion, before appropriating any money for the construction of such footpaths, or the purchase and planting of the trees aforesaid, require the property owners owning the property adjoining said road to deposit such part of the total cost of the same with the county treasurer as the commission may deem just and proper. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8575)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7926; 1919 § 10714; 1909 § 10517
MO Rev Stat § 231.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.130 - Overseer to care for trees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.130. Overseer to care for trees. — It shall be the duty of the road overseer of the district, including any of the roads aforesaid, to protect and care for any and all of the trees so planted under the supervision of the county highway engineer, and to file information against and prosecute any person or persons who shall injure or destroy any of such trees. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8576)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7927; 1919 § 10715; 1909 § 10518
MO Rev Stat § 231.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.150 - Road laws — how applied.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.150. Road laws — how applied. — All road laws of this state shall apply to counties under township organization, unless by their terms limited to counties not under township organization, or in conflict with the provisions of this law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8813)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8149; 1919 § 10911  CROSS REFERENCE:  Township special road and bridge tax, levy, collection and disbursement, 137.585 to 137.595  (1966) A township has the authority to own equipment and employ workmen and to use them in maintaining and improving the roads of the township. Sherman Township, Cass County v. Farr (Mo.), 406 S.W.2d 630.
MO Rev Stat § 231.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.160 - Board to form districts — boundary lines — established how — overseer — appointment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.160. Board to form districts — boundary lines — established how — overseer — appointment. — The township board of directors shall form the township into one or more road districts. If the boundary line of any road district is along a public road, then one or the other edge of said road, and not the center line, shall be the boundary line of such road; and, in the event the township boards of adjoining townships are unable to agree upon the boundary lines of roads that are on the boundary lines of townships, then the county commission, or county commissions, of the particular county, or counties, interested shall settle boundary lines along such township lines. In the month of April each year the board shall appoint a road overseer for each district, who shall serve for one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any road overseer may be removed from office by the township board for incompetency, neglect or other good cause, and a successor may be appointed by them in his stead. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8814)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8150; 1919 § 10912; 1909 § 11751  CROSS REFERENCE:  Road districts, township board to establish as needed, 65.390
MO Rev Stat § 231.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.170 - Overseer — qualifications — compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.170. Overseer — qualifications — compensation. — The person appointed to the office of road overseer shall be a citizen of the township from which he is appointed, and shall be a practical road builder, or possessed of technical or scientific knowledge of such work. His compensation shall be fixed by the board of directors at the time of his appointment, and shall be not more than thirty cents per hour for each hour he is actually and necessarily employed as such overseer. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8815)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8151; 1919 § 10913; 1909 § 11752
MO Rev Stat § 231.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.180 - Overseer — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.180. Overseer — bond. — Before entering upon the performance of his duties each road overseer shall execute and deliver to the township board a bond in such sum as may be fixed by the board, and with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the board, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge all the duties devolving upon him by law as such overseer. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8816)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8152; 1919 § 10914; 1909 § 11753
MO Rev Stat § 231.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.190 - Overseer shall make reports, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.190. Overseer shall make reports, when. — It shall be the duty of every road overseer to make a detailed report and settlement, under oath, to the township board at each regular meeting thereof, and on or before the twentieth day of March next after his appointment he shall make final report, under oath, of all moneys received and expended by him, and from what source received and on what account expended, and final report of the disposition of all tools, machinery, books, papers and other property received by him as such overseer and belonging to such township or road district, and shall settle in full with said board for all moneys which he may have belonging to such road district or which may be owing by him to such district, and shall deliver to said board all tools, machinery, books, papers and other property belonging to such township or road district and received by him as such overseer. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8817)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8153; 1919 § 10915; 1909 § 11754
MO Rev Stat § 231.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.200 - Overseer — employees — material.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.200. Overseer — employees — material. — The overseer shall not employ any member of the township board nor enter into any contract for road work, material, tools, teams, nor purchase any machinery or material for the use of the road district from any member of the board or a member of his own family, either directly or indirectly, nor in any way use the funds of the district so as to become the beneficiary in the disbursement of the same. The tools of the district shall not be loaned to any person, except persons doing free work upon the roads of the district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8818)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8154; 1919 § 10916; 1909 § 11755
MO Rev Stat § 231.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.210 - Duties of road overseer.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   231.210. Duties of road overseer. — It shall be the duty of the road overseer to keep the roads in his district in as good repair as the funds at his command will permit. It shall also be his duty to keep all culverts and holes in the floors of bridges in his district repaired, and to make an inspection of the roads, bridges and culverts in his district as often as practicable and to see that they are kept in a safe condition. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8819, A.L. 1945 p. 1497)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8155; 1919 § 10917
MO Rev Stat § 231.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.220 - Bridges — repairs — bids — notice — contract.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.220. Bridges — repairs — bids — notice — contract. — The township board of directors shall construct and keep in repair all bridges in their district costing less than one hundred dollars; and shall make all necessary repairs, costing less than twenty-five dollars, upon bridges which are now or may hereafter be built within the township; provided, whenever it shall be necessary in any road district for the township board to cause to be built a bridge, the cost of which exceeds twenty-five dollars, the board may, in its discretion, advertise for bids by giving at least fifteen days' notice, by five written notices, posted in as many public places in said township, or by publication in some newspaper published in the district of the time and place of letting the contract. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8824)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8164; 1919 § 10926; 1909 § 11773
MO Rev Stat § 231.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.230 - Bridges costing more than forty-five hundred dollars, how built.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   231.230. Bridges costing more than forty-five hundred dollars, how built. — Whenever it shall be necessary in any township to build a bridge, the cost of which shall exceed forty-five hundred dollars, the township board of directors shall make out and cause to be presented to the county commission a certified statement of the amount of money necessary for the construction thereof, and, if deemed proper, the said county commission shall cause the bridge to be built by contract as provided by law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8825, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8165; 1919 § 10927; 1909 § 11774