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MO Rev Stat § 79.035 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.035 - Primary election may be held, procedure, cost, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1981   79.035. Primary election may be held, procedure, cost, exception. — 1. In all cities of the fourth class, except those in a county of the first class with a charter form of government and which adjoins a city not within a county, the governing body may provide for a primary election, to be held on one of the days specified in section 115.123, only by ordinance. Any city adopting such an ordinance shall file a certified copy thereof with the secretary of state within thirty days of its adoption, and shall not hold a primary election sooner than sixty days after its adoption.  2. In lieu of establishing its own election authority to conduct its primary or general elections, or both, the appropriate election authority of the county in which a fourth class city is located shall conduct such elections. All costs incurred in conducting such primary and general elections, including those incurred by a county election authority under this subsection, shall be paid by the fourth class city for which the elections are held. ­­-------- (L. 1981 H.B. 18 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 79.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.040 - Election ordered.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   79.040. Election ordered. — If, at any time, by reason of nonacceptance, resignation, refusal to qualify, or for any other cause, there shall be no officers of the city to order an election, any commissioner of the county commission, or associate circuit judge of the county, is empowered to order and hold an election for city officers. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7100, A. 1949 H.B. 2029, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, H.B. 1634)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6950; 1919 § 8401; 1909 § 9303  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 79.055 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.055 - City marshal, training requirements, fourth class cities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   79.055. City marshal, training requirements, fourth class cities. — 1. Any person who is elected to his first term as city marshal in a general election or in a special election in any fourth class city of this state shall, within six months of such election, cause to be filed with the city clerk of the city and director of the department of public safety proof that he has completed the training program formulated pursuant to sections 590.170 and 590.175, or some other comparable training program of not less than one hundred twenty hours' instruction approved by the director of the department of public safety. If the newly elected city marshal is unable to complete the training program within six months due to the proper course not being available from the department of public safety, an extension may be granted until such a course is made available.  2. Whether any person elected to his first term as city marshal attends such a training program prior to or after assuming the duties of his office shall be left to the discretion of the governing body of the city from which he was elected. During the time that a marshal-elect is enrolled in such a training program, he shall be hired as a city employee and receive as full compensation from the city from which he was elected, compensation at a rate equal to that of city marshal. ­­-------- (L. 1997 H.B. 69 & 179 & H.B. 669 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 79.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.060 - City to be divided into wards — aldermen elected — aldermen at large permitted for certain cities.

Effective - 28 Aug 2006   79.060. City to be divided into wards — aldermen elected — aldermen at large permitted for certain cities. — 1. The board of aldermen shall, by ordinance, divide the city into not less than two wards, and two aldermen shall be elected from each ward by the qualified voters thereof, at the first election for aldermen in cities adopting the provisions of this chapter. At such election for aldermen, the person receiving the highest number of votes in each ward shall hold his office for two years, and the person receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold his office for one year; but thereafter each ward shall elect annually one alderman, who shall hold his office for two years.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, cities with a population of one thousand or less in the most recent census may, by ordinance, choose to elect aldermen at large instead of by the method outlined in subsection 1 of this section. Under this option, the seats of aldermen shall be filled at large as soon as the current terms expire. Each year thereafter, one-half of the board of aldermen shall stand for election at large for a two-year term. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7113, A.L. 2006 H.B. 977)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6963; 1919 § 8414; 1909 § 9316
MO Rev Stat § 79.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.070 - Aldermen, qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   79.070. Aldermen, qualifications. — No person shall be an alderman unless he or she is at least eighteen years of age, a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant and resident of the city for one year next preceding his or her election, and a resident, at the time he or she files and during the time he or she serves, of the ward from which he or she is elected. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7114, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 90, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6964; 1919 § 8415; 1909 § 9317
MO Rev Stat § 79.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.080 - Mayor, qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1986   79.080. Mayor, qualifications. — No person shall be mayor unless he be at least twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city at the time of and for at least one year next preceding his election. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7102, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1471, et al.)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6952; 1919 § 8403; 1909 § 9305
MO Rev Stat § 79.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.090 - Board to select an acting president, term.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   79.090. Board to select an acting president, term. — The board shall elect one of their own number who shall be styled "acting president of the board of aldermen" and who shall serve for a term of one year. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7111, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6961; 1919 § 8412; 1909 § 9314
MO Rev Stat § 79.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.100 - Acting president to perform duties of mayor, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.100. Acting president to perform duties of mayor, when. — When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor by death, resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to qualify, or from any other cause whatever, the acting president of the board of aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties of mayor, with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction of the mayor, until such vacancy be filled or such disability be removed; or, in case of temporary absence, until the mayor's return. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7112)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6962; 1919 § 8413; 1909 § 9315
MO Rev Stat § 79.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.110 - Mayor and board — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.110. Mayor and board — duties. — The mayor and board of aldermen of each city governed by this chapter shall have the care, management and control of the city and its finances, and shall have power to enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state, and such as they shall deem expedient for the good government of the city, the preservation of peace and good order, the benefit of trade and commerce and the health of the inhabitants thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to alter, modify or repeal the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7168)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7018; 1919 § 8469; 1909 § 9371  CROSS REFERENCES:  Licenses, certain businesses and occupations subject to tax and regulation, 94.230, 94.270  Public utilities, certain cities may own and operate, 91.450  Taxing powers--may provide for public works, 88.670, 94.200
MO Rev Stat § 79.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.120 - Mayor may sit in board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.120. Mayor may sit in board. — The mayor shall have a seat in and preside over the board of aldermen, but shall not vote on any question except in case of a tie, nor shall he preside or vote in cases when he is an interested party. He shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers and affairs of the city, and shall take care that the ordinances of the city, and the state laws relating to such city, are complied with. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7103)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6953; 1919 § 8404; 1909 § 9306
MO Rev Stat § 79.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.130 - Ordinances — procedure to enact — inapplicable, when.

 There are multiple enactments of 79.130Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories   *79.130. Ordinances — procedure to enact — inapplicable, when. — 1. The style of the ordinances of the city shall be: "Be it ordained by the board of aldermen of the city of ______, as follows:" No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the board of aldermen shall vote for it, and the ayes and nays be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced to the board of aldermen in writing and shall be read by title or in full two times prior to passage, both readings may occur at a single meeting of the board of aldermen. If the proposed ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the bill is under consideration by the board of aldermen. No bill shall become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the mayor or person exercising the duties of the mayor's office, or shall have been passed over the mayor's veto, as herein provided.  2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to ordinances proposed or passed under section 79.135. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7166, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1435, A.L. 2014 S.B. 672)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7016; 1919 § 8467; 1909 § 9369  *Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Calzone v. Koster, et al., see 2016 annotation below. CROSS REFERENCE:  Ordinances, codification and revision procedure, 71.940 to 71.948 (1954) In action involving validity of tax bills for street improvements issued under ordinances where yeas and nays were not entered on journal as required by this section, but minutes showed presence of all or quorum of aldermen and mayor and that all voted for ordinances, court could order correction of record to show yeas and nays. Frago v. City of Irondale, 364 Mo. 500, 263 S.W.2d 356. (2016) Provisions of S.B. 672 from 2014 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23; under the facts presented, those provisions cannot be severed and the bill is unconstitutional in its entirety. Calzone v. Koster, et al., Case No. 15AC-CC00247 (Cole County Cir. Ct., Feb. 9, 2016).
MO Rev Stat § 79.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.130 - Ordinances — procedure to enact.

 There are multiple enactments of 79.130Effective - 13 Aug 1988, 2 histories   *79.130. Ordinances — procedure to enact. — The style of the ordinances of the city shall be: "Be it ordained by the board of aldermen of the city of ______, as follows:" No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the board of aldermen shall vote for it, and the ayes and nays be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced to the board of aldermen in writing and shall be read by title or in full two times prior to passage, both readings may occur at a single meeting of the board of aldermen. If the proposed ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the bill is under consideration by the board of aldermen. No bill shall become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the mayor or person exercising the duties of the mayor's office, or shall have been passed over the mayor's veto, as herein provided. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7166, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1435) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7016; 1919 § 8467; 1909 § 9369 Effective 8-13-88 *Revisor's Note: This section is reprinted in accordance with section 3.066. S.B. 672 in 2014 amended this section and was declared unconstitutional as a violation of Art. III, Sec. 23, of the Missouri Constitution (see 2016 annotation below), rendering the repeal and reenactment of this section ineffective. CROSS REFERENCE: Ordinances, codification and revision procedure, 71.940 to 71.948 (1954) In action involving validity of tax bills for street improvements issued under ordinances where yeas and nays were not entered on journal as required by this section, but minutes showed presence of all or quorum of aldermen and mayor and that all voted for ordinances, court could order correction of record to show yeas and nays. Frago v. City of Irondale, 364 Mo. 500, 263 S.W.2d 356. (2016) Provisions of S.B. 672 from 2014 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23; under the facts presented, those provisions cannot be severed and the bill is unconstitutional in its entirety. Calzone v. Koster, et al., Case No. 15AC-CC00247 (Cole County Cir. Ct., Feb. 9, 2016).
MO Rev Stat § 79.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.140 - Bills must be signed — mayor's veto.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.140. Bills must be signed — mayor's veto. — Every bill duly passed by the board of aldermen and presented to the mayor and by him approved shall become an ordinance, and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with the mayor's objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The board of aldermen shall cause the objections of the mayor to be entered at large upon the journal, and proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which shall be in this form: Shall the bill pass, the objections of the mayor thereto notwithstanding? The vote on this question shall be taken by ayes and nays and the names entered upon the journal, and if two-thirds of all the members-elect shall vote in the affirmative, the city clerk shall certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the proper officer, and shall become an ordinance in the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the approval of the mayor. The mayor shall have power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the board of aldermen; provided, that should he neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with his objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the board of aldermen, the same shall become a law without his signature. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7167)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 7017; 1919 § 8468; 1909 § 9370
MO Rev Stat § 79.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.150 - Board to keep journal of proceedings.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.150. Board to keep journal of proceedings. — The board of aldermen shall cause to be kept a journal of its proceedings, and the ayes and nays shall be entered on any question at the request of any two members. The board of aldermen may prescribe and enforce such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction of its business. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7117)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6967; 1919 § 8418; 1909 § 9320  (1954) Contract for engineering services signed by mayor and attested by clerk held invalid when not authorized by action of board of aldermen recorded in journal of proceedings of city, and money paid thereunder may be recovered by city. Fulton v. City of Lockwood (Mo.), 269 S.W.2d 1.
MO Rev Stat § 79.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.160 - Board shall publish semiannual statements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   79.160. Board shall publish semiannual statements. — The board of aldermen shall semiannually each year, at times to be set by the board of aldermen, make out and spread upon their records a full and detailed account and statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the city for the half year ending with the last day of the month immediately preceding the date of such report, which account and statement shall be published in some newspaper in the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7115, A.L. 1979 H.B. 334)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6965; 1919 § 8416; 1909 § 9318
MO Rev Stat § 79.165 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.165 - No money of city to be disbursed until statement is published — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   79.165. No money of city to be disbursed until statement is published — penalty. — In the event the financial statement of any fourth class city is not published as required by section 79.160, the treasurer of such city shall not pay out any money of the city on any warrant or order of the board of aldermen after the end of the month in which such financial statement should have been published until such time as such financial statement is published. Any treasurer violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 346 § 1, A.L. 1979 H.B. 334)
MO Rev Stat § 79.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.180 - Board may compel attendance of witnesses — mayor to administer oaths.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.180. Board may compel attendance of witnesses — mayor to administer oaths. — The board of aldermen shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers and records relating to any subject under consideration in which the interest of the city is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officers of the city, or of the county in which such city is located, to execute such process. The officer making such service shall be allowed to receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law in the circuit court for similar services, to be paid by the city. The mayor or acting president of the board of aldermen shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7116)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6966; 1919 § 8417; 1909 § 9319
MO Rev Stat § 79.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.190 - Mayor to sign commissions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   79.190. Mayor to sign commissions. — The mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all city officers elected or appointed in the city, and shall approve all official bonds unless otherwise prescribed by ordinance. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7104, A.L. 1993 H.B. 206)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6954; 1919 § 8405; 1909 § 9307
MO Rev Stat § 79.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.200 - Mayor shall have the power to enforce laws.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.200. Mayor shall have the power to enforce laws. — The mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of the city, and he shall cause all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of duty; and he is hereby authorized to call on every male inhabitant of the city over eighteen years of age and under fifty, to aid in enforcing the laws. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7108)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6958; 1919 § 8409; 1909 § 9311
MO Rev Stat § 79.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.210 - Mayor — communications to board.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.210. Mayor — communications to board. — The mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the board of aldermen such measures as may, in his opinion, tend to the improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and general prosperity of the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7105)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6955; 1919 § 8406; 1909 § 9308
MO Rev Stat § 79.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.220 - Mayor may remit fine, grant pardon.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.220. Mayor may remit fine, grant pardon. — The mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under the ordinances of the city; but this section shall not be so construed as to authorize the mayor to remit any costs which may have accrued to any officer of said city by reason of any prosecution under the laws or ordinances of such city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7109)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6959; 1919 § 8410; 1909 § 9312
MO Rev Stat § 79.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.230 - Appointive officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.230. Appointive officers. — The mayor, with the consent and approval of the majority of the members of the board of aldermen, shall have power to appoint a treasurer, city attorney, city assessor, street commissioner and night watchman, and such other officers as he may be authorized by ordinance to appoint, and if deemed for the best interests of the city, the mayor and board of aldermen may, by ordinance, employ special counsel to represent the city, either in a case of a vacancy in the office of city attorney or to assist the city attorney, and pay reasonable compensation therefor, and the person elected marshal may be appointed to and hold the office of street commissioner. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7110)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6960; 1919 § 8411; 1909 § 9313  CROSS REFERENCES:  Administrator, appointment, 77.042  Policemen, number prescribed by ordinance, 85.620