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MO Rev Stat § 231.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.240 - Contract system — how adopted — publication.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.240. Contract system — how adopted — publication. — Whenever the inhabitants of any road district of any county of this state having heretofore adopted or which may hereafter adopt township organization may desire to adopt the contract system of working roads in such road district, it may be accomplished in the following manner: Upon the receipt by the township clerk of a petition from a majority of the resident householders of such road district, residing outside of an incorporated city, town or village, setting forth the facts, the township board of directors shall at its next regular meeting, if such meeting be held within thirty days after the receipt by the township clerk of such petition, and otherwise at a special meeting of the township board to be held not later than thirty days after the receipt of such petition, order the adoption of said system in said road district. The township clerk shall enter in the record of the township board all of the proceedings concerning the adoption of said contract system and shall declare, by publication, the adoption of said system in such road district. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8826)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8166; 1919 § 10928; 1909 § 11775
MO Rev Stat § 231.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.250 - Property tax in districts under contract system, how paid — contracts, how let — notice — contractor to give bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.250. Property tax in districts under contract system, how paid — contracts, how let — notice — contractor to give bond. — Upon the adoption of the contract system of working the roads, the township board of the road district so adopting the same shall, on or before the fifteenth day of April, next following such adoption, make an order, duly entered of record, requiring the property tax of such road district assessed for road purposes to be paid in money. The said township board shall immediately give notice of the letting of the working of the roads in such road district by contract, publicly, to the lowest and best bidder, with specifications in such notice of the work to be done; said notice shall be given by at least four written or printed handbills, posted in at least four public places in such road district at least ten days before the letting of such contract. The township board at the time set forth in the notices above provided for shall proceed to let the contract for the working of the roads in said road district to the lowest and best bidder; provided, that no person or persons who are in any wise connected with any member of such township board shall be an eligible bidder. The person or persons whose bid shall be accepted shall, within ten days thereafter, severally enter into bond with the township board in such amount and with such personal security as shall be acceptable to and be approved by said township board, conditioned that they will faithfully perform the conditions and stipulations contained in said contract, and any breach of the conditions of said bond may be sued on in any court of competent jurisdiction in the corporate name of such township. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8828)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8168; 1919 § 10929; 1909 § 11776
MO Rev Stat § 231.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.260 - Contractor liable on bond for damages — when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.260. Contractor liable on bond for damages — when. — Any contractor who shall willfully fail or neglect to keep any road under his care in good repair, or shall in any manner fail or neglect to keep any road under his care in good repair, or shall in any manner fail to faithfully perform or discharge any of his duties according to the terms of his contract, or shall willfully fail or refuse after five days' notice to repair any bridge or culvert which under the terms of the contract it is his duty to repair, shall be held responsible upon his said bond for any and all damages which occur to persons or property by reason of such failure; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the contractor from pleading as a defense for such failure to perform his work in the time specified in the contract that same was caused by unusual weather and that with due care and diligence he could not have avoided such delay. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8829)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8169; 1919 § 10930; 1909 § 11778
MO Rev Stat § 231.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.270 - May abolish contract system of working roads — how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.270. May abolish contract system of working roads — how. — Whenever the inhabitants of any township under township organization having previously adopted the contract system of working roads, as provided for in section 231.240, desire to change such system, they may abolish said system in the same manner as provided in section 231.240 for the establishment of said system. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8827)  Prior revision: 1929 § 8167
MO Rev Stat § 231.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.280 - Clerk to make itemized statement — publication — filing of certain copies.

Effective - 28 Aug 2003   231.280. Clerk to make itemized statement — publication — filing of certain copies. — The township board of directors in all counties under township organization shall keep, or cause to be kept, a full, true and correct record of all moneys received and disbursed on account of roads and bridges and all other receipts and disbursements of every nature in such township, showing in detail from whom and on what account such money was received, and to whom and for what purpose disbursed, together with a complete inventory of all tools, road machinery and other property belonging to the township, together with such other information as to the condition of roads and bridges and the needs of same as may be deemed of value, and within thirty days after the end of the fiscal year of said township board of directors, which fiscal year shall begin and end on the same date as the fiscal year of the county in which such township is located, shall cause to be published an itemized statement of such receipts and expenditures, inventory of tools, machinery and other property in some newspaper published in such township, and if there be no newspaper published in the township, then such publication may be made in any newspaper of general circulation within such township published in the county. Such statement shall be made by the township clerk under the direction of the township board, and shall be sworn to by such clerk, and it shall be the duty of the township clerk within thirty days after the end of the fiscal year of said township board to file one copy of such detailed statement with the county clerk of such county, and the county clerk shall lay the same before the county commission at its next regular meeting. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8830, A.L. 1945 p. 1497 § 8830, A.L. 2003 H.B. 597)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8170; 1919 § 10931; 1909 § 11781
MO Rev Stat § 231.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.290 - County clerk to furnish forms.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.290. County clerk to furnish forms. — For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 231.280, it shall be the duty of the county clerk in counties having township organization to prepare, at the expense of the county, forms for the publication of the detailed statement of the township's receipts and disbursements, on or before the twentieth day of February of each year, and submit the same to the township clerk of each township, together with any other information he may deem necessary, and the county clerk shall require each township board to make such publication according to the form submitted, and also require a certified copy of such statement to be filed in his office on or before the twentieth day of March of each year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8831)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8171; 1919 § 10932
MO Rev Stat § 231.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.300 - County commission may appropriate money, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.300. County commission may appropriate money, when. — Whenever the citizens along the line of any public road in a district subscribe any sum not less than twenty-five dollars for grading, graveling or otherwise improving any portion of such road, and shall deposit the same with the township treasurer, the county commission may appropriate a like amount for such purpose out of any funds of the county not otherwise appropriated. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8832)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8172; 1919 § 10933; 1909 § 11785
MO Rev Stat § 231.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.310 - Highway engineer to make surveys, when — report.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.310. Highway engineer to make surveys, when — report. — It shall be lawful for the county commission of any county upon the application of the township board of directors, to empower and authorize the county highway engineer of said county, under the direction of the township board of such township, to survey, locate and plat the public highways of such township; and when such plat shall have been completed and approved by the township board, it shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, together with the minutes and report of such survey, to be kept by such township clerk as a part of his official records, the expenses of such proceeding to be paid out of the road fund of the township. The said plat, minutes and reports, or a certified copy of the same, over the hand and seal of the township clerk, shall be prima facie evidence that the road or roads therein contained or described have been constituted a public highway according to law. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8833)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8173; 1919 § 10934; 1909 § 11786
MO Rev Stat § 231.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.320 - Prosecuting attorney to prosecute actions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.320. Prosecuting attorney to prosecute actions. — It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the county or his assistant to prosecute all actions brought under sections 231.150 to 231.330. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8834)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8174; 1919 § 10935; 1909 § 11787
MO Rev Stat § 231.330 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.330 - Violations — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.330. Violations — penalty. — Any official or other person who shall willfully fail to comply with any of the provisions of sections 231.150 to 231.330, and any person who shall willfully violate any of the provisions thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and where no other or different punishment is provided, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8835)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 8175; 1919 § 10936; 1909 § 11788
MO Rev Stat § 231.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.340 - Streets and alleys in unincorporated towns, under control of county commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.340. Streets and alleys in unincorporated towns, under control of county commission. — All streets and alleys in unincorporated towns and villages shall be under the control of the county commission, and governed by the laws relating to roads and highways. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8562)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7915; 1919 § 10703; 1909 § 10505
MO Rev Stat § 231.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.350 - Road overseer's duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.350. Road overseer's duties. — The road overseer and county highway engineer shall have the same control over and their duties in relation to streets and alleys in said towns and villages shall be the same as in relation to roads and highways on public roads. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8563)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7916; 1919 § 10704; 1909 § 10506
MO Rev Stat § 231.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.360 - Construction of sidewalks, curbs in unincorporated town or village (first class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   231.360. Construction of sidewalks, curbs in unincorporated town or village (first class counties). — The county commission in all counties of the first class, as provided by law, shall have the power to provide for the building of sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter, and roadways including grading therefor, along any street, avenue, road or highway in any unincorporated town, village or residence district in such county by and at the expense of the owner, or owners, of the lots fronting on said street, avenue, road or highway along the distance improved in proportion to the front feet. Whenever a petition therefor shall be filed with the county commission signed by a majority of the resident lot owners fronting on such street, avenue, road or highway, and liable to taxation therefor, which sidewalks, curbs, gutters or combinations of curb and gutter and roadways shall be constructed in such manner and of such dimensions as are herein provided. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 231.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.370 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   231.370. Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how. — Contracts for the laying of such sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter and roadways as are provided for in section 231.360, shall be authorized and let by the aforesaid county commission to the lowest and best bidder therefor, said commission first giving notice thereof by publication, which notice shall be published for fifteen days in a daily newspaper or for three insertions in a weekly newspaper at the county seat of such county. Said notice must contain a summary of the specifications showing the kind of material required, the width and the thickness of such sidewalk, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter and roadway and the manner of paying therefor, together with the time and place where said specifications may be examined; provided, that all sidewalks constructed under the provisions of sections 231.360 to 231.390, shall be of uniform width not less than four feet in any one block, and the general specifications of such sidewalk or sidewalks shall be determined by the county commission in conformity with the wishes of the petitioners. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 231.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.380 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   231.380. Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected. — The cost of laying such sidewalk or sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter, roadway or roadways, shall be apportioned and assessed by the county commission or commissions against the abutting property on the basis per front foot ascertained by dividing the cost of the work by the total frontage of the abutting property, and such assessments shall be known as special assessments for improvements and shall be levied and collected as a special tax, and a special tax bill, to be prepared by the county clerk of the county, shall issue therefor. Said special tax bills are to be issued upon the completion, approval and acceptance by the county commission, and may bear interest after thirty days, at the rate of eight percent per annum, and every such special tax bill shall be a lien against the lot or piece of ground described in the same until the same is paid. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 231.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.390 - Special tax bills, how issued.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   231.390. Special tax bills, how issued. — All special tax bills issued for special assessments for constructing sidewalks, curbs, gutters, combinations of curb and gutter and roadways as authorized herein shall be assignable and collectible by suit in the name of the county to the use and at the cost of the holder thereof. Any such tax bills heretofore or hereafter issued in payment for the construction of a public road, which are invalid by reason of an irregularity in the procedure prescribed for their issuance, may be redeemed by the county and payment thereof made as directed by the county commission. Such special tax bills in any action thereon, shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work, and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 430 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 231.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.400 - Construction of sidewalks and roadways in unincorporated villages (second class counties).

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   231.400. Construction of sidewalks and roadways in unincorporated villages (second class counties). — The county commissions in all counties of the second class shall have the power to provide for and require the building of sidewalks and roadways including grading therefor, along any street, avenue, road or highway in any unincorporated village or residence district in such county by and at the expense of the owner of the lots fronting on such street, avenue, road or highway, along the distance improved in proportion to the front feet, whenever a petition therefor shall be filed with the county commission signed by a majority of the owners resident on such street, avenue, road or highway, and liable to taxation therefor, which sidewalks and roadways shall be constructed in such manner and of such dimensions as are herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8567, A.L. 1945 p. 1501)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7920; 1919 § 10708; 1909 § 10511
MO Rev Stat § 231.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.410 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.410. Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how. — Contracts for the laying of such sidewalks and roadways as are provided for in section 231.400 shall be authorized and let by the aforesaid county commission to the lowest and best bidder therefor, said commission first giving notice thereof by publication, which notice shall be published for fifteen days in a daily newspaper or for three insertions in a weekly newspaper published at the county seat of such county. Said notice must contain specifications showing the kind of material required, the width and the thickness of such sidewalk and roadway and the manner of paying therefor; provided, that all sidewalks constructed under the provisions of sections 231.400 to 231.430 shall be of uniform width not less than four feet in any one block, and the general specifications of such sidewalk or sidewalks shall be determined by the county commission in conformity with the wishes of the petitioners. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8570)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7921; 1919 § 10709; 1909 § 10512
MO Rev Stat § 231.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.420 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.420. Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected. — The cost of laying such sidewalk or sidewalks, roadway or roadways, shall be apportioned and assessed by the county commission or commissions against the abutting property on the basis per front foot ascertained by dividing the cost of the work by the total frontage of the abutting property, and such assessments shall be known as special assessments for improvements and shall be levied and collected as a special tax, and a special tax bill, to be prepared by the county clerk of the county, shall issue therefor. Said special tax bills are to be issued upon the completion, approval and acceptance by the county commission, and may bear interest, after thirty days, at the rate of eight percent per annum, and every such special tax bill shall be a lien against the lot or piece of ground described in the same until the same is paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8571)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7922; 1919 § 10710; 1909 § 10513
MO Rev Stat § 231.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.430 - Special tax bills, how issued.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   231.430. Special tax bills, how issued. — All special tax bills issued for special assessments for constructing sidewalks and roadways as authorized by sections 231.400 to 231.420 shall be assignable and collectible in the name of the county, to the use of the holder thereof; but the county shall not in any event be liable for any costs that may accrue in such action. Such special tax bills, in any action thereon, shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity of the proceedings for such special assessment, of the validity of the bill, of the doing of the work, and of the furnishing of the materials charged for, and of the liability of the property to the charge stated in the bill. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 8572)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7923; 1919 § 10711; 1909 § 10514
MO Rev Stat § 231.441 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads|Section 231.441 - County receipts from county aid road trust fund, how expended — when distributed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1973   231.441. County receipts from county aid road trust fund, how expended — when distributed. — 1. All moneys received by a county from the county aid road trust fund shall be used within the county solely for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repairs of roads, bridges and highways as the county commission shall direct. The county commission shall formulate by written regulations, rules and policies for the use of such funds which shall be kept on file by the county recorder for public inspection. The state highways and transportation commission shall have no authority to promulgate rules and regulations concerning the expenditure of such funds and all such rules and regulations heretofore promulgated shall be null and void.  2. The state treasurer by the tenth day of each month shall remit to the county treasurer of each county its allocated share of the county aid road trust fund. ­­-------- (L. 1973 H.B. 222)