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MO Rev Stat § 79.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.240 - Removal of officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   79.240. Removal of officers. — 1. The mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the board of aldermen, remove from office, for cause shown, any elective officer of the city, such officer being first given opportunity, together with his witnesses, to be heard before the board of aldermen sitting as a board of impeachment. Any elective officer, including the mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of all members elected to the board of aldermen, independently of the mayor's approval or recommendation. The mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the board of aldermen, remove from office any appointive officer of the city at will, and any such appointive officer may be so removed by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the board of aldermen, independently of the mayor's approval or recommendation. The board of aldermen may pass ordinances regulating the manner of impeachments and removals.  2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the mayor, with the consent of the majority of all the members elected to the board of aldermen, or the board of aldermen by a two-thirds vote of all its members, to remove or discharge any chief, as that term is defined in section 106.273. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7107, A.L. 2013 H.B. 307)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6957; 1919 § 8408; 1909 § 9310  (1980) City ordinance appearing to give administrator power to remove employees only for cause did not affect delegation of power by board of aldermen to remove employees "at will". State ex rel. Gorris v. Mussman (A.), 612 S.W.2d 357. (1980) Statute with clause authorizing board of aldermen to make rules and regulations governing city administrator's power to appoint and discharge employees strongly suggests that legislature contemplated variations in extent of dismissal power delegated to city administrator. State ex rel. Gorris v. Mussman (A.), 612 S.W.2d 357.  (1981) Statute which authorized mayor of fourth class city, with consent of majority board of aldermen, to remove at will an appointive officer of city did not violate Fourteenth Amendment equal protection rights of police officers who were "laid off". Amaan v. City of Eureka (Mo.), 615 S.W.2d 214. (1986) An employee of a fourth class city whose employment is terminable at will has no property right in employment for purposes of federal civil rights action. Robinson v. City of Montgomery, 651 F.Supp. 493 (E.D. Mo.).
MO Rev Stat § 79.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.250 - Officers to be voters and residents — exceptions, appointed officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   79.250. Officers to be voters and residents — exceptions, appointed officers. — All officers elected to offices or appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office under the city government shall be voters under the laws and constitution of this state and the ordinances of the city except that appointed officers need not be voters of the city. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office who shall at the time be in arrears for any unpaid city taxes, or forfeiture or defalcation in office. All officers, except appointed officers, shall be residents of the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7119, A.L. 1967 p. 159, A.L. 1969 p. 135, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1987 S.B. 393, A.L. 1994 S.B. 517)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6969; 1919 § 8420; 1909 § 9322
MO Rev Stat § 79.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.260 - Officers' oath — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.260. Officers' oath — bond. — Every officer of the city and his assistants, and every alderman, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some court of record in the county, or the city clerk, that he possesses all the qualifications prescribed for his office by law; that he will support the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Missouri, the provisions of all laws of this state affecting cities of this class, and the ordinances of the city, and faithfully demean himself while in office; which official oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk. Every officer of the corporation, when required by law or ordinance, shall, within fifteen days after his appointment or election, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, give bond to the city in such sum and with such sureties as may be designated by ordinance, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duty, and that he will pay over all moneys belonging to the city, as provided by law, that may come into his hands. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail to take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, or to give bond as herein required, his office shall be deemed vacant. For any breach of condition of any such bond, suit may be instituted thereon by the city, or by any person in the name of the city to the use of such person. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7120)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6970; 1919 § 8421; 1909 § 9323
MO Rev Stat § 79.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.270 - Salaries fixed by ordinance.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.270. Salaries fixed by ordinance. — The board of aldermen shall have power to fix the compensation of all the officers and employees of the city, by ordinance. But the salary of an officer shall not be changed during the time for which he was elected or appointed. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7121)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6971; 1919 § 8422; 1909 § 9324
MO Rev Stat § 79.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.280 - Vacancies in certain offices, how filled.

Effective - 28 Aug 1999   79.280. Vacancies in certain offices, how filled. — If a vacancy occurs in any elective office, the mayor or the person exercising the duties of the mayor shall cause a special meeting of the board of aldermen to convene where a successor to the vacant office shall be selected by appointment by the mayor with the advice and consent of a majority of the remaining members of the board of aldermen. If the vacancy is in the office of mayor, nominations of a successor may be made by any member of the board of aldermen and selected with the consent of a majority of the members of the board of aldermen. The board of aldermen may adopt procedures to fill vacancies consistent with this section. The successor shall serve until the next regular municipal election. If a vacancy occurs in any office not elective, the mayor shall appoint a suitable person to discharge the duties of such office until the first regular meeting of the board of aldermen thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall be permanently filled. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7123, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1989 H.B. 230, A.L. 1999 S.B. 214)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6973; 1919 § 8424; 1909 § 9326
MO Rev Stat § 79.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.290 - Powers and duties of officers to be prescribed by ordinance.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.290. Powers and duties of officers to be prescribed by ordinance. — The duties, powers and privileges of officers of every character in any way connected with the city government, not herein defined, shall be prescribed by ordinance. And bonds may be required of any such officers for faithfulness in office in all respects. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7124)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6974; 1919 § 8425; 1909 § 9327
MO Rev Stat § 79.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.300 - Treasurer, duties — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.300. Treasurer, duties — bond. — The treasurer shall receive and safely keep all moneys, warrants, books, bonds and obligations entrusted to his care, and shall pay over all moneys, bonds or other obligations of the city on warrants or orders, duly drawn, passed or ordered by the board of aldermen, and signed by the mayor and attested by the city clerk, and having the seal of the city affixed thereto, and not otherwise; and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by ordinance. Before entering upon the duties of his office he shall give bond in such sum as may be required by ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7192)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7042; 1919 § 8493; 1909 § 9395  CROSS REFERENCE:  City depositary, selection of, 95.355
MO Rev Stat § 79.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.310 - Collector to make annual report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.310. Collector to make annual report. — The collector shall, annually, at such times as may be designated by ordinance, make a detailed report to the board of aldermen, stating the various moneys collected by him during the year, and the amounts uncollected and the names of the persons from which he failed to collect and the causes therefor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7193)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7043; 1919 § 8494; 1909 § 9396  CROSS REFERENCE:  Collector to settle monthly with treasurer, 95.360
MO Rev Stat § 79.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.320 - City clerk, election — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.320. City clerk, election — duties. — The board of aldermen shall elect a clerk for such board, to be known as "the city clerk", whose duties and term of office shall be fixed by ordinance. Among other things, the city clerk shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the board of aldermen. He shall safely and properly keep all the records and papers belonging to the city which may be entrusted to his care; he shall be the general accountant of the city; he is hereby empowered to administer official oaths and oaths to persons certifying to demands or claims against the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7118)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6968; 1919 § 8419; 1909 § 9321
MO Rev Stat § 79.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.330 - Offices of marshal and collector may be consolidated.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.330. Offices of marshal and collector may be consolidated. — The board of aldermen may by ordinance provide that hereafter the same person shall hold the offices of marshal and collector, in which case his official title shall be "marshal and ex officio collector". ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7225)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7075; 1919 § 8525; 1909 § 9426  CROSS REFERENCE:  Marshal to be chief of police--powers and duties, 85.610
MO Rev Stat § 79.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.340 - Officers to report receipts and expenditures.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.340. Officers to report receipts and expenditures. — It shall be the duty of all the officers of the city to report annually to the board of aldermen, such reports to embrace a full statement of the receipts and expenditures of their respective offices, and such other matters as may be required by the board of aldermen, by ordinance, resolution or otherwise. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7194)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7044; 1919 § 8495; 1909 § 9397
MO Rev Stat § 79.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.350 - Mayor or board may inspect books and records of officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.350. Mayor or board may inspect books and records of officers. — The mayor or board of aldermen shall have power, as often as he or they may deem it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers or records, and to make report to the board of aldermen, in writing, touching any matter relating to his office. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7106)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6956; 1919 § 8407; 1909 § 9309
MO Rev Stat § 79.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.360 - Misdemeanor in office, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.360. Misdemeanor in office, penalty. — Any member of the board of aldermen or officer of the city who shall, in official capacity, or under color of his office, knowingly or willfully or corruptly vote or assent to, or report in favor of or allow or certify for allowance, any claim or demand against the city, which claim or demand shall be on account of or under color of a contract or agreement not authorized by law and the ordinances of the city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7195)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7045; 1919 § 8496; 1909 § 9398
MO Rev Stat § 79.365 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.365 - Compensation of certain board and commission members, how fixed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   79.365. Compensation of certain board and commission members, how fixed. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in all cities of the fourth class, the board of alderpersons shall have the authority to fix the compensation, not to exceed two hundred dollars per month, of members of the planning and zoning commission, the board of adjustment, the park board and the board of police commissioners of the city by ordinance. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 710, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1304)
MO Rev Stat § 79.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.370 - Board shall regulate sanitary conditions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.370. Board shall regulate sanitary conditions. — The board of aldermen shall have power, by ordinance, to secure the general health of the inhabitants of the city by any measure to regulate, suppress and abate slaughterhouses, slaughtering animals, stockyards, soap and other factories, pig pens, cow stables, and other stables and dairies, and to remove the same, and to regulate or prevent the carrying on of any business which may be dangerous or detrimental to the public health, or the manufacturing or rendering of articles obnoxious to the health of the inhabitants; and to pass ordinances for the prevention of nuisances and their abatement. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7176)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7026; 1919 § 8477; 1909 § 9379  (1955) Fourth class city may not prohibit slaughterhouses under this section; it may stop the operation of such as become nuisances and make reasonable regulations for their operation. State ex rel. Jack Frost Abattoirs, Inc. v. Steinbach (A.), 274 S.W.2d 588. (1964) City of fourth class is not empowered by this statute to prohibit slaughterhouses since the words "regulate, suppress and abate" refer to actions directed toward something in existence, while "prohibit" prevents its coming into existence. State ex rel. Daniels v. Kasten (A.), 382 S.W.2d 714.
MO Rev Stat § 79.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.380 - Diseases, control of — condemnation for public facilities — police jurisdiction, city-owned property.

Effective - 28 Aug 1969   79.380. Diseases, control of — condemnation for public facilities — police jurisdiction, city-owned property. — The board of aldermen may make regulations and pass ordinances for the prevention of the introduction of contagious diseases in the city, and for the abatement of the same, and may make quarantine laws and enforce the same within five miles of the city. They may purchase or condemn and hold for the city, within or without the city limits, or within ten miles therefrom, all necessary lands for hospital purposes, waterworks, sewer carriage and outfall, and erect, establish and regulate hospitals, workhouses, poorhouses, airports and provide for the government and support of the same, and make regulations to secure the general health of the city, and to prevent and remove nuisances; except that the condemnation of any property outside of the city limits shall be regulated in all respects as the condemnation of property for railroad purposes is regulated by law. The police jurisdiction of the city shall extend over such land and property to the same extent as over other city property, as provided in this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7173, A.L. 1969 p. 136)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7023; 1919 § 8474; 1909 § 9376  CROSS REFERENCE:  Waterworks, cities may own and operate, 91.090 to 91.300  (1960) Fourth class city held not subject to county zoning ordinance in connection with its sewage treatment plant located two and a half miles from city limits. State ex rel. Askew v. Kopp (Mo.), 330 S.W.2d 882. (1962) Injunction issued to prevent city of fourth class from constructing and maintaining sewage treatment facilities outside city limits in area designated by zoning ordinance of constitutional charter county as residential. St Louis County v. City of Manchester (Mo.), 360 S.W.2d 638. (1967) Sections 71.680 and 79.380, RSMo, when considered in pari materia, authorize condemnation by fourth class cities of easements and land for sewer lines and lagoons within five miles of the city, and by necessary implication, such cities have the authority to condemn an access easement in order to construct and maintain sewer lines and lagoons. State v. Riley (Mo.), 417 S.W.2d 1. (1998) Nothing in this section authorizes city to condemn existing hospital in order to operate it for same use. Smithville v. St. Luke's Northland Hospital, 972 S.W.2d 416 (W.D.Mo.).
MO Rev Stat § 79.383 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.383 - Abatement of nuisance by civil action, city may be awarded attorney's fees.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   79.383. Abatement of nuisance by civil action, city may be awarded attorney's fees. — 1. If any fourth class city shall enact an ordinance allowing for a civil cause of action for abatement of nuisances created by the accumulation of unsightly, dangerous, or noxious personal property within the borders of such city, the city may, upon successful prosecution of such cause of action, be awarded by the court reasonable attorney's fees incurred in such action.  2. This section shall not be construed to allow any award of attorney's fees in any municipal court hearing on criminal charges or traffic violations. ­­-------- (L. 1993 H.B. 217)
MO Rev Stat § 79.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.390 - Powers — water supply, marketplaces, city hall, prison, parks.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.390. Powers — water supply, marketplaces, city hall, prison, parks. — The board of aldermen may establish, alter and change the channel of watercourses, and wall them and cover them over, and prevent obstructions thereon, and may establish, make and regulate public wells, cisterns and reservoirs of water, and provide for filling the same. The board of aldermen may purchase grounds and erect and establish market houses and marketplaces, and regulate and govern the same, and also contract with any person or persons, association or corporation, for the erection, maintenance and regulation of market houses, and marketplaces, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the board of aldermen may prescribe. They may also provide for the erection, purchase or renting of the city hall, workhouse, houses of correction, prisons, engine houses, and any and all other necessary buildings for the city, and may sell, lease, abolish or otherwise dispose of the same, and may enclose, improve, regulate, purchase or sell all public parks or other public grounds belonging to the city, and may purchase and hold grounds for public parks within the city, or within three miles thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7174)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7024; 1919 § 8475; 1909 § 9377
MO Rev Stat § 79.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.400 - Powers — regulation of lumberyards, fences, animals and poultry — may establish pounds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.400. Powers — regulation of lumberyards, fences, animals and poultry — may establish pounds. — 1. The board of aldermen may prescribe limits within the city within which no lumberyard or woodyard shall be kept, and may regulate, restrain or prohibit the erection or maintenance of any fence composed in whole or in part of barbed wire, along or adjacent to any public street, avenue, alley, park, lane, cemetery or other public grounds.  2. The board of aldermen may also regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, goats and all other domestic animals, also geese, ducks, chickens, turkeys and all other domestic fowls and cause such animals or fowls as may be running at large to be impounded and sold in such manner and at such time as may be prescribed by ordinance.  3. They may also provide penalties for the owners or keepers who shall permit such animals or fowls to be at large.  4. The board of aldermen may also provide for the erection of all needful pounds, pens and buildings for the use of the city, within or without the city limits, and appoint and compensate keepers thereof and establish and enforce rules governing the same.  5. The board of aldermen may also tax, regulate and restrain and prohibit the running at large of dogs, and provide for their destruction when at large contrary to ordinance, and impose penalties on the owners or keepers thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7171)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7021; 1919 § 8472; 1909 § 9374