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MO Rev Stat § 77.706 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.706 - Trustee to be appointed — oath — bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   77.706. Trustee to be appointed — oath — bond. — Whenever the county governing body shall dissolve any city of the third classification, the county governing body shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the corporation so dissolved, and such trustee, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and subscribe an oath that he or she will faithfully discharge the duties of his or her office and shall give bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the governing body, to the use of such disincorporated city, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his or her duty. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 77.709 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.709 - Powers of trustee.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   77.709. Powers of trustee. — The trustee shall have power to prosecute and defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the corporation, collect all moneys due the same, liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belonging to the corporation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and generally to do all acts requisite to bring to a speedy close all the affairs of the corporation. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 77.712 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.712 - Employment of counsel, report to county governing body — compensation of trustee.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   77.712. Employment of counsel, report to county governing body — compensation of trustee. — The trustee shall employ counsel whenever necessary in the discharge of his or her duties and shall make a report of the proceedings to the county governing body at each regular term thereof, and the trustee shall receive for his or her services such compensation as the governing body shall think reasonable. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 77.715 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification|Section 77.715 - Moneys to be paid over to county treasurer, when — all records to be delivered to county clerk.

Effective - 28 Aug 2016   77.715. Moneys to be paid over to county treasurer, when — all records to be delivered to county clerk. — When the trustee shall have closed the affairs of the corporation and shall have paid all debts due by the corporation, he or she shall pay over to the county treasurer all money remaining in his or her hands, take receipt therefor, and deliver to the clerk of the county governing body all books, papers, records, and deeds belonging to the dissolved corporation. ­­-------- (L. 2016 S.B. 572)
MO Rev Stat § 78.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.010 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   78.010. Definitions. — In the construction of sections 78.010 to 78.420 the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent or repugnant to the context of the statute:  (1) The words "councilman" or "alderman" shall be construed to mean councilman when applied to cities under said sections.  (2) When an "office" or "officer" is named in any law referred to in said sections, it shall, when applied to cities under said sections, be construed to mean the office or officer having the same functions or duties under the provisions of said sections, or under ordinances passed under authority thereof.  (3) The word "franchise" shall include every special privilege in the streets, highways and public places in the city, whether granted by the state or the city, which does not belong to the citizens generally by common right.  (4) The "voters" shall be construed to mean persons qualified to vote for elective offices at municipal elections. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7073, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6923; 1919 § 8390
MO Rev Stat § 78.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.020 - Organization.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.020. Organization. — That any city of the third class, including any such city acting under special charter or any city now having or which may hereafter have a population entitling them to become cities of the third class, may become organized as a city under the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 by proceeding as herein provided, unless authority for the adoption of the plan of city government authorized by said sections be contained in the order incorporating such city, in which event an election shall not be necessary. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7056)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6906; 1919 § 8373
MO Rev Stat § 78.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.030 - Election — petition for — how held — officers elected, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   78.030. Election — petition for — how held — officers elected, when. — Upon petition of voters equal in number to twenty-five percent of the votes cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding city election of any such city, the mayor shall, by proclamation, submit the question of organizing as a city under sections 78.010 to 78.420 at an election. If said plan is not adopted at the last election, the question of adopting said plan shall not be resubmitted to the voters of said city for adoption within two years thereafter, and then the question to adopt shall be resubmitted upon the presentation of a petition signed by voters as herein provided, equal in number to twenty-five percent of all votes cast for all candidates for mayor at the last preceding election. At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be: Shall the proposition to organize the city of (name of city) under sections 78.010 to 78.420 be adopted? If the majority of the votes cast shall be in favor thereof, cities shall proceed to the election of mayor and councilmen. Immediately after such proposition is adopted, the mayor shall transmit to the governor, the secretary of state and to the county clerk each a certificate stating that such proposition was adopted. At the next municipal election after the adoption of such proposition there shall be elected a mayor and councilmen. In the event, however, that the next municipal election does not occur within six months after such election, the mayor shall, within ten days after such election, by proclamation, call a special election for the election of a mayor and councilmen, sixty days' notice thereof being given in such call. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7057, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6907; 1919 § 8374
MO Rev Stat § 78.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.040 - Officers — quorum — mayor to have no veto.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   78.040. Officers — quorum — mayor to have no veto. — Every city having a population of eight thousand and less than thirty thousand shall be governed by a council consisting of the mayor and four councilmen, and every city having a population of three thousand and less than eight thousand shall be governed by a council consisting of the mayor and two councilmen, chosen as provided in sections 78.010 to 78.420, each of whom shall have the right to vote on all questions coming before the council. In cities having four councilmen, three members of the council shall constitute a quorum, and in cities having two councilmen two members of the council shall constitute a quorum, and in cities having four councilmen the affirmative vote of three members, and in cities having two councilmen the affirmative vote of two members of the council shall be necessary to adopt any motion, resolution or ordinance, or pass any measure unless a greater number is provided for in said sections. Upon every vote the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded, and every motion, resolution or ordinance shall be reduced to writing and read before the vote is taken thereon. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council; he shall have no power to veto any measure, but every resolution or ordinance passed by the council must be signed by the mayor, or by two councilmen, and be recorded, before the same shall be in force. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7061, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1819, A.L. 1983 H.B. 696, A.L. 1991 H.B. 532)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6911; 1919 § 8378
MO Rev Stat § 78.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.050 - Salaries, how computed.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   78.050. Salaries, how computed. — The mayor and councilmen shall have an office at the city hall or at some other convenient and suitable place. The mayor's and each councilman's annual salary shall be fixed by ordinance. Such salary shall be payable in equal monthly or semimonthly installments as provided by ordinance. Every other officer or assistant shall receive such salary or compensation as the council shall provide by ordinance or resolution, payable in equal monthly or semimonthly installments. The salary or compensation of all other employees of the city shall be fixed by the council and shall be payable monthly or at such shorter periods as the council shall determine. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7064, A.L. 1955 p. 301)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6914; 1919 § 8381
MO Rev Stat § 78.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.060 - Powers of council — departments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1955   78.060. Powers of council — departments. — 1. The council shall have and possess, and the council and its members shall exercise all executive, legislative and judicial powers and duties now had, possessed and exercised by the mayor, city council, city attorney, assessor, treasurer, collector, city engineer and other executive and administrative officers in cities of the third class and in cities under special charter with a population less than thirty thousand, and shall also possess and exercise all executive, legislative and judicial powers and duties now had and exercised by the board of police and fire commissioners, the board of public works, park commissioners, the board of waterworks trustees in all cities wherein such boards now exist or may be hereafter created. The executive and administrative powers, authority and duties in such cities shall be distributed into and among five departments as follows:  (1) Department of public affairs;  (2) Department of accounts and finance;  (3) Department of public safety;  (4) Department of streets and public improvements;  (5) Department of parks and public property.  2. The council shall determine the powers and duties to be performed by and assign them to the appropriate department; shall prescribe the powers and duties of officers and employees; may assign particular officers and employees to one or more of the departments; may require an officer or employee to perform duties in two or more departments; and may make such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper for the efficient and economical conduct of the business of the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7062, A.L. 1955 p. 303)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6912; 1919 § 8379
MO Rev Stat § 78.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.070 - Mayor and councilmen to superintend departments — council to elect city officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   78.070. Mayor and councilmen to superintend departments — council to elect city officers. — The mayor shall be superintendent of the department of public affairs and the council shall at the first regular meeting after election of its members designate by a majority vote one councilman to be superintendent of the department of accounts and finances; one to be superintendent of the department of public safety, and one to be superintendent of the department of street and public improvements and one to be superintendent of the department of parks and public property; provided, however, that in cities having a population of less than ten thousand there may be designated to each councilman two of such departments. Such designation shall be changed whenever it appears that the public service would be benefitted thereby. The council shall at such first meeting, or as soon as practicable thereafter, elect by majority vote the following officers: A city clerk, attorney, assessor, treasurer, auditor, civil engineer, city physician, marshal, chief of fire department, market master, street commissioner, and such other officers and assistants as shall be provided for by ordinance and necessary to the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of the city; provided, however, that only such of the above officers shall be appointed as may in the judgment of the mayor and councilmen be necessary for the proper and efficient transaction of the affairs of the city. Any officer or assistant elected or appointed by the council may be removed from office at any time by a vote of a majority of the members of the council, except as otherwise provided in sections 78.010 to 78.420. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7063, A.L. 1955 p. 303, A.L. 1959 H.B. 417, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1819, A.L. 1983 H.B. 696)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6913; 1919 § 8380
MO Rev Stat § 78.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.080 - Election of mayor and councilmen.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   78.080. Election of mayor and councilmen. — In every city having a population of over three thousand and under eight thousand there shall be elected at the first municipal election held after the taking effect of this section, and every four years thereafter, a mayor and two councilmen, except in any city with a population of at least five thousand within a third class county which adjoins three other third class counties and one second class county and the state of Arkansas, wherein the law applicable before August 28, 1991, shall continue to apply; and in cities having a population of over eight thousand and less than thirty thousand, a mayor and four councilmen. For cities with a population of at least eight thousand and under thirty thousand, the council shall be elected for the following terms: The mayor shall be elected for a four-year term. The councilmen shall be elected for four-year terms except that at the first election the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall serve a four-year term, the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall serve a three-year term, the candidate receiving the third highest number of votes shall serve a two-year term and the candidate receiving the fourth highest number of votes shall serve a one-year term. If any vacancy occurs in such office, the remaining members of the council shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy during the balance of the unexpired term. Such officers shall qualify and their terms shall begin on the first Monday after their appointment. The terms of office of the mayor and councilmen or aldermen in such city in office at the beginning of the terms of office of the mayor and councilmen first elected under the provisions of this section shall then cease and the terms of office of all other city officers, whether elective or appointive, in force in each such city, except as otherwise provided, shall cease as soon as the council shall by resolution declare. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7059, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1819, A.L. 1983 H.B. 696, A.L. 1991 H.B. 532)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6909; 1919 § 8376
MO Rev Stat § 78.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.090 - Election, primary — held when — elimination of primary, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   78.090. Election, primary — held when — elimination of primary, when. — 1. Candidates to be voted for at all general municipal elections at which a mayor and councilmen are to be elected under the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.400 shall be nominated by a primary election, except as provided in this section, and no other names shall be placed upon the general ballot except those selected in the manner herein prescribed. The primary election for such nomination shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in February preceding the municipal election.  2. (1) In lieu of conducting a primary election under this section, any city organized under sections 78.010 to 78.400 may, by order or ordinance, provide for the elimination of the primary election and the conduct of elections for mayor and councilman as provided in this subsection.  (2) Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or councilman shall file with the city clerk a signed statement of such candidacy, stating whether such person is a resident of the city and a qualified voter of the city, that the person desires to be a candidate for nomination to the office of mayor or councilman to be voted upon at the next municipal election for such office, that the person is eligible for such office, that the person requests to be placed on the ballot, and that such person will serve if elected. Such statement shall be sworn to or affirmed before the city clerk.  (3) Under the requirements of section 115.023, the city clerk shall notify the requisite election authority who shall cause the official ballots to be printed, and the names of the candidates shall appear on the ballots in the order that their statements of candidacy were filed with the city clerk. Above the names of the candidates shall appear the words "Vote for (number to be elected)". The ballot shall also include a warning that voting for more than the total number of candidates to be elected to any office invalidates the ballot. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7060, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2013 H.B. 163 merged with S.B. 99)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6910; 1919 § 8377
MO Rev Stat § 78.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.100 - Candidate to file statement.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   78.100. Candidate to file statement. — Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or councilman shall file with the city clerk a statement of such candidacy in substantially the following form:    State of Missouri, County of ______ ss.   I, ______, herewith state and declare that I reside at number ______ street, city of ______, county of therein; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of (mayor or councilman) to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on the ______ Tuesday of ______, 20______, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination by such primary election for such office.    (Signed) ______   ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7060, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1807)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6910; 1919 § 8377
MO Rev Stat § 78.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.120 - Form of ballot.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   78.120. Form of ballot. — Upon the said ballot the names of the candidates for mayor, arranged in the order of filing shall first be placed, with a square at the left of each name, and immediately below, the words, "vote for one". Following these names, likewise arranged in the order of filing, shall appear the names of the candidates for councilmen, with a square at the left of each name, and below the names of such candidates shall appear the words, "vote for four", or "vote for three", or "vote for two", as the case may be. The ballot shall be in substantially the following form:    CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION FOR   MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN OF ______ CITY   AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION, ______ FOR MAYOR   (Names of candidates)   (Vote for one)   FOR COUNCILMEN   (Names of candidates)   (Vote for four)   or   (Vote for three)   or   (Vote for two)   As the case may be.   Official ballot, attest:   ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7060, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6910; 1919 § 8377
MO Rev Stat § 78.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.140 - Who shall be candidates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   78.140. Who shall be candidates. — The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for mayor shall be the candidates, and the only candidates whose names shall be placed upon the ballot for mayor at the next succeeding general municipal election, and in cities having a population of eight thousand and less than thirty thousand the eight candidates having the highest number of votes for councilmen, or all such candidates if less than eight, and in cities having a population of three thousand and less than eight thousand the four candidates receiving the highest number of votes for councilmen, or all such candidates if less than four, shall be the candidates and the only candidates whose names shall be placed upon the ballot for councilman at such municipal election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7060, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1983 H.B. 696, A.L. 1991 H.B. 532, A.L. 1994 S.B. 517)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6910; 1919 § 8377
MO Rev Stat § 78.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.160 - Council meetings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.160. Council meetings. — Regular meetings of the council shall be held on the first Monday after the election of councilmen, and thereafter at least once each month. The council shall provide by ordinance for the times of holding regular meetings, and special meetings may be called from time to time by the mayor or two councilmen. All meetings of the council, whether regular or special, at which any person not a city officer is admitted, shall be open to the public. The mayor shall be president of the council and preside at its meetings, and shall supervise all departments and report to the council for its action all matters requiring attention in either. The superintendent of the department of accounts and finances shall be vice president of the council, and in case of vacancy in the office of mayor, or the absence or inability of the mayor, shall perform the duties of mayor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7066)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6916; 1919 § 8383
MO Rev Stat § 78.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.170 - Appropriations — power of council.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.170. Appropriations — power of council. — If at the beginning of the term of office of the first council elected in such city under the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 the appropriations for the expenditures of the city government for the current fiscal year have been made, said council shall have power by ordinance to revise, to repeal or change said appropriations, and to make additional appropriations. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7072)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6922; 1919 § 8389