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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.170 - Trustees — restraint of domestic animals.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.170. Trustees — restraint of domestic animals. —
In addition to the power already possessed by towns and villages under section 80.090 to restrain domestic animals from running at large within their corporate limits, such towns and villages may, through their board of trustees, regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, sheep, goats, mules, asses and other domestic animals, and cause such as may be running at large to be impounded and sold in such manner and time as may be provided by ordinance; such trustees may provide fees for restraining and impounding such animals to be paid by the owners and may also provide penalties for the owners who allow or permit such animals to run at large. The said trustees may also provide for the erection of all needful pens, pounds and buildings for the use of such town or village, within or without the limits thereof, and appoint and compensate keepers thereof and establish and enforce rules governing the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7250)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7099; 1919 § 8548
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.180 - Trustees — powers as to sidewalks.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.180. Trustees — powers as to sidewalks. —
Such board of trustees of any incorporated town or village in this state shall have power, by ordinance, to cause the owner or owners of any property or lot adjacent to any street or alley in said town or village to build, pave, construct, improve or repair any sidewalk along the side of said property or lot in such town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7255)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7104; 1919 § 8553; 1909 § 9441
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.190 - Trustees — repair of sidewalks, procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.190. Trustees — repair of sidewalks, procedure. —
Whenever the board of trustees of any town or village shall determine to have any sidewalk built or repaired, as contemplated by section 80.180, the said board of trustees shall cause at least ten days' notice, in writing, to be served on the owner or owners of any such property or lot in said town or village, which said notice shall require such owner or owners of such property or lot to begin to build, repair and complete the building and repairing of any such sidewalk in reasonable time thereafter; which said notice shall contain a description of each property or lot as aforesaid, and a general description of the character of such sidewalk, giving the length and breadth of such sidewalk and the material of which all or any part thereof shall be composed; and if, at the expiration of fifteen days after the service of said notice, if in writing, or if by publication, at the end of four weeks after said publication, said owner or owners as aforesaid shall not in good faith have commenced to build and repair any such sidewalk as aforesaid, and complete the same in reasonable time thereafter in the judgment of the board of trustees, said board of trustees shall cause such sidewalk to be built or repaired at the expense of such town or village, the cost and expense of which shall constitute a lien on the property or lot along which said sidewalk may be built or repaired as aforesaid, and the said town or village may enforce the said lien against such property or lot in any court of competent jurisdiction; and in such cases a certified copy of any special tax bill for such work, approved by the board of trustees, shall in all cases be prima facie evidence that the work therein stated was done along the property therein mentioned and the amount thereof as stated therein is due and correct and the provisions of the law and ordinances have been carried out; provided, the owner or owners of said property or lot may pay into the treasury of said town or village the cost and expense of building or repairing said sidewalk by the town or village, at any time before the sale of said property or lot for such cost and expense.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7256)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7105; 1919 § 8554; 1909 § 9442
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.200 - Repair of sidewalks — publication of notice.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.200. Repair of sidewalks — publication of notice. —
If the notice in writing cannot be personally served in the state as provided herein, or if the owner or owners are unknown and cannot be personally served, the board of trustees shall cause four weeks' notice to be published in the English language, in some daily or weekly newspaper published in the county in which the property or lot is situated, setting forth all the facts required in the written notice in section 80.190.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7257)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7106; 1919 § 8555; 1909 § 9443
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.210 - Trustees — semiannual reports.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
80.210. Trustees — semiannual reports. —
The chairman of each board of trustees shall, semiannually, make out a correct statement of all moneys received and expended on account of their respective towns during the six months next preceding; and shall cause such statement, within ten days thereafter, to be published, either in some newspaper printed in the same town, or by causing copies of such statement to be put up in six of the most public places in such town.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7281, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1846)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7130; 1919 § 8579; 1909 § 9467
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.220 - Semiannual report, failure to make — penalty.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.220. Semiannual report, failure to make — penalty. —
If the chairman of the board of trustees of any town shall, at any time, neglect to make, and cause such statement to be published, as required by section 80.210, he shall forfeit for every such neglect the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered by civil action in any court of record, one-half whereof shall be to the use of such town, and the other half to the use of any taxpayer of said town who will sue for the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7282)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7131; 1919 § 8580; 1909 § 9468
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.230 - Trustees — vacancy, how filled.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.230. Trustees — vacancy, how filled. —
All vacancies in the board of trustees shall be filled by the remaining members of the board. In case the office of chairman becomes vacant, the remaining members shall select one of their own number as temporary chairman and then proceed to elect some person to fill such vacancy; provided, the chairman or temporary chairman shall have no vote except in case of a tie.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7286)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7135; 1919 § 8584; 1909 § 9472
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.240 - Trustees — power of appointment.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
80.240. Trustees — power of appointment. —
Such board of trustees shall have power to appoint an assessor, collector, marshal, treasurer, and such other officers, servants and agents as may be necessary, remove them from office, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7251, A. 1949 H.B. 2030, A.L. 1953 p. 268)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7100; 1919 § 8549; 1909 § 9437
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.250 - Appointed officers — bond.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.250. Appointed officers — bond. —
Every constable, marshal, collector and treasurer appointed by virtue of section 80.240 shall, before he enters on the duties of his office, enter into bond, payable to the city or town of which he is an officer, with good and sufficient securities, in any sum not less than one thousand dollars, the amount to be fixed and the bond to be approved by the board of trustees. The bond shall be conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office according to law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7306)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7155; 1919 § 8604; 1909 § 9492
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.400 - Marshal — powers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
80.400. Marshal — powers. —
The marshal appointed by the trustees of the inhabitants of such towns, giving bond and ample security for the performance of his duties, is hereby authorized to execute orders and process, arising under the ordinances of said town, and who, within the corporate limits of said town, shall have concurrent power with the constable of the district, if any, and the sheriff of the county in which said town is situated to execute all orders, notices, writs and other process and duties that may be executed by such constable or sheriff, with like effect, and shall receive the same fees therefor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7253, A. 1949 H.B. 2030)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7102; 1919 § 8551; 1909 § 9439
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.410 - Marshal — police powers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.410. Marshal — police powers. —
The town marshal shall be chief of police, and shall at all times have power to make or order all arrests, with proper process, for any offenses against the laws of the state, or of the town, by day or by night, and bring the offender to trial before the proper court, and he shall have power to arrest without process in all cases where any such offense shall be committed, or attempted to be committed, in his presence.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7278)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7127; 1919 § 8576; 1909 § 9464
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.420 - Marshal and policemen — removal.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
80.420. Marshal and policemen — removal. —
1. The policemen of the town, in the discharge of their duties, shall be subject to the orders of the marshal only as chief of police; but any marshal, assistant marshal or policeman may be instantly removed from his office by the board of trustees at a regular or called meeting, for any wanton neglect of duty.
2. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the board of trustees to remove or discharge any chief, as that term is defined in section 106.273.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7279, A.L. 2013 H.B. 307)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7128; 1919 § 8577; 1909 § 9465
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.430 - Taxes a lien on property.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.430. Taxes a lien on property. —
All general and special taxes levied by the board of trustees of any town upon property therein, in conformity to the laws of the state and the ordinances of such town, shall constitute a lien upon the property upon which they are levied, until paid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7258)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7107; 1919 § 8556; 1909 § 9444
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.440 - Redemption of property.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.440. Redemption of property. —
If any real estate be sold by virtue of any ordinance of such town, the owner thereof may redeem the same at any time within two years from the day of sale, by paying the purchase money and all costs and penalties incurred, together with the interest thereon, at the rate of fifteen percent per annum until paid.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7280)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7129; 1919 § 8578; 1909 § 9466
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.450 - Compensation of county clerk.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.450. Compensation of county clerk. —
The board of trustees shall provide by ordinance for compensating the county clerk for certifying and transmitting an abstract of the property within such town, made taxable by law for state purposes, as required by this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7262)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7111; 1919 § 8560; 1909 § 9448
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.460 - County clerk to furnish abstract from assessment books — tax levy not to exceed maximum rate except by special vote.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
80.460. County clerk to furnish abstract from assessment books — tax levy not to exceed maximum rate except by special vote. —
1. The chairman of the board of trustees of all towns and villages in this state shall procure from the clerk of the county commission in which such town is located, and it shall be the duty of said clerk to deliver to the chairman of the board of trustees within twenty days after the date of the final adjournment of the board of equalization a certified abstract from his assessment books, as corrected by the board of equalization, on all property within such town subject to its taxing power and the assessed value thereof as corrected by the board of equalization, which abstract shall be immediately transmitted to the board of trustees, and it shall be the duty of such board of trustees to establish by ordinance the annual rates of tax levy for the year for municipal purposes upon all subjects and objects of taxation within such town, which tax shall not exceed the maximum rate for general municipal purposes of fifty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation; provided, however, that the rate of taxation for general municipal purposes herein limited may be increased for such purposes for a period not to exceed four years at any one time when such rate and purpose of increase are submitted to a vote of the voters within such towns and two-thirds of the voters voting thereon shall vote therefor, but such increase so voted shall be limited to a maximum rate of taxation not to exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation. The board of trustees of any such towns may submit a question for increase of levy when in the opinion of such board of trustees the necessity therefor arises, and such question shall be submitted by such board of trustees when petitioned therefor by voters equaling in number five percent or more of the voters of such towns or villages voting for mayor or member of board of trustees at the last election at which a mayor or member of board of trustees was elected.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall there be a ______ cent increase in levy on one hundred dollars assessed valuation for general municipal purposes for ______ years?
3. If such increase in levy shall be voted, then such increased levy shall be effective for the number of years designated, and no longer, but such towns through their boards of trustees may submit any such proposal for continuing such increase of levy at any time for like periods not to exceed four years each.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7259, A.L. 1945 p. 1278, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7108; 1919 § 8557; 1909 § 9445
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.470 - Additional levies — maximum rates.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1957
80.470. Additional levies — maximum rates. —
In addition to the levy for general municipal purposes, all towns and villages in this state may levy annually not to exceed the following rates of taxation on all property subject to its taxing powers for the following special purposes: For library purposes in the manner and at the rate authorized under the provisions of sections 182.140 to 182.280; for hospital, public health and museum purposes, twenty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation; and for recreation grounds in the manner and at the rate authorized under the provisions of sections 90.500 to 90.570.
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(L. 1945 p. 1278 § 7259a, A.L. 1957 p. 240)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.480 - Assessment and collection of revenues.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.480. Assessment and collection of revenues. —
All assessments on real and personal property within the limits of such town, which may be certified and transmitted to the board of trustees, from time to time, as provided in section 80.460, shall be taken and considered as the lawful and proper assessment on which to levy and collect the municipal taxes of the town, and the payment of all taxes authorized by this chapter shall be enforced by the collector in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations as may be provided by law for collecting and enforcing the payment of state and county taxes, and for that purpose it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to require the collector, annually, to make out and return, under oath, a list of delinquent taxes remaining due and uncollected on the first day of January of each year, to be known as the delinquent list. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees, at the next meeting after such delinquent list shall be returned, or as soon thereafter as convenient, carefully to examine the same, and if it shall appear that all property and taxes contained in said list are properly returned as delinquent, they shall approve such list and cause an order of approval to be entered on the journal, and the amount of taxes in such list to be credited on the account of the collector; and shall also cause said delinquent list or a certified copy thereof, with the bills therefor, to be placed in the hands of the county collector, who shall give a receipt therefor and proceed to collect the taxes due thereon, in like manner and with the same effect as delinquent taxes for state and county purposes are collected. The said collector shall pay over the taxes collected to the city treasurer, at the times and in the manner provided by law for the payment of county taxes to the county treasurer, and shall make the same statements and settlements for such taxes with the board of trustees, and at the same time as may be provided by law for statements and settlements with the county commission for county taxes, and all taxes shall bear the same rate of interest, and the same penalties shall attach to the nonpayment thereof when due, as may be provided by law in cases of county taxes. A certified copy of any tax bill included in the delinquent list, approved by the board of trustees, shall in all cases be prima facie evidence that the amount therein specified is legally due by the party against whom such tax bill is made out, and that all provisions of the law and ordinances have been duly complied with, and that the same is a lien on the property therein described.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7260)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7109; 1919 § 8558; 1909 § 9446
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.490 - Trustees — taxing powers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 28 Aug 1978
80.490. Trustees — taxing powers. —
The board of trustees shall also, from time to time, provide, by ordinance, for the levy and collection of all other taxes and licenses, including wharfage and other dues, and to fix the penalties for neglect or refusal to pay same, which now or hereafter may be authorized by law or ordinance.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7261, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7110; 1919 § 8559; 1909 § 9447
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.560 - Failure to elect officers — procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
80.560. Failure to elect officers — procedure. —
If the trustees fail to call the municipal election, a majority of the trustees then in office, or any associate circuit judge of the county in which said town or village is situated, may call the election.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7294, A. 1949 H.B. 2030, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7143; 1919 § 8592; 1909 § 9480
Effective 8-13-78 (H.B. 971); 1-2-79 (H.B. 1634)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.570 - Disincorporation procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
80.570. Disincorporation procedure. —
1. The county governing body of each county shall have power to disincorporate any town or village which they may have incorporated as provided in this section.
2. The county governing body shall order an election upon the question of disincorporation of a town or village upon petition of twenty-five percent of the voters of the town or village.
3. The county governing body shall give notice of the election by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published in the town or village or, if there is no such newspaper in the town or village, then in the newspaper in the county published nearest the town or village. The notice shall contain a copy of the petition and the names of the petitioners. No election on the question of disincorporation shall be held until the notice has been published for eight weeks successively.
4. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form as the case may be:
Shall the town of ______ be dissolved?; or
Shall the village of ______ be dissolved?
5. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of those persons voting on the question, the county governing body shall disincorporate the town or village.
6. Any county governing body may, in its discretion, on the application of any person or persons owning a tract of land containing five acres or more in a town or village, used only for agricultural purposes, to diminish the limits of such town or village by excluding any such tract of land from said corporate limits; provided, that such application shall be accompanied by a petition asking such change and signed by a majority of the voters in such town or village. And thereafter such tract of land so excluded shall not be deemed or held to be any part of such town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7295, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1987 H.B. 160, A.L. 2016 S.B. 572)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7144; 1919 § 8593; 1909 § 9481
(1973) An incorporated city retains its status as a municipal corporation despite long-standing failure to elect officers or exercise governmental functions. The continuance of a municipality does not depend upon the existence of officers and the doctrine of forfeiture of the right to be a corporation for nonuse of its powers does not apply to municipal corporations, and such municipality has perpetual existence unless disincorporated by statutory procedure. County of Platte v. James (Mo.), 489 S.W.2d 216.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.575 - Election not required, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1987
80.575. Election not required, when. —
The county governing body of each county shall have the power to disincorporate any town or village which they may have incorporated, upon petition of three-fourths of the voters of such town or village, without an election in such town or village, provided that the petition requests disincorporation without an election, and provided that the population of such town or village is less than one hundred.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 160 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.580 - Disincorporation through failure of trustees to qualify.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
80.580. Disincorporation through failure of trustees to qualify. —
If the trustees appointed by the county commission under section 80.040 shall fail to qualify and assume the duties of such trustees, within one year after their appointment, or if the voters of such village shall fail for one year to elect such trustees, then such village shall be disincorporated by the county commission of the county where the village is located, upon the petition of any citizen residing in such village, after the publication of notice of the presentation of such petition published for two weeks successively prior to such application in some newspaper in this state nearest the village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7296, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7145; 1919 § 8594; 1909 § 9482
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.600 - No rights affected by disincorporation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.600. No rights affected by disincorporation. —
No dissolution of any corporation under this chapter shall invalidate or affect any right, forfeiture or penalty accruing to such corporation, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed upon such corporation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7298)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7147; 1919 § 8596; 1909 § 9484
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.610 - Trustee in disincorporation — appointment.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.610. Trustee in disincorporation — appointment. —
Whenever the county commission shall dissolve any corporation, they shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the corporation so dissolved.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7299)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7148; 1919 § 8597; 1909 § 9485
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.620 - Trustee in disincorporation — bond.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1987
80.620. Trustee in disincorporation — bond. —
The trustee, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe an oath before some judge or associate circuit judge that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office; and shall, moreover, give bond, with sufficient security, to be approved of by the court, to the use of such disincorporated town or village, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7300, A.L. 1987 H.B. 160)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7149; 1919 § 8598; 1909 § 9486
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.630 - Trustee in disincorporation — powers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.630. Trustee in disincorporation — powers. —
The trustee shall, as soon as possible, prosecute or defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the corporation; collect all money due the same; liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belonging to such corporation, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and generally do all acts requisite to bring to a speedy close all the affairs of the corporation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7301)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7150; 1919 § 8599; 1909 § 9487
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.640 - Trustee in disincorporation — report.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.640. Trustee in disincorporation — report. —
The trustee shall make a report of his proceedings to the county commission at each term thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7302)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7151; 1919 § 8600; 1909 § 9488
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.650 - Trustee in disincorporation — duties on conclusion of trust.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.650. Trustee in disincorporation — duties on conclusion of trust. —
When the trustee shall have closed the affairs of the corporation, he shall pay over to the county commission all moneys remaining in his hands, and deliver to the clerk of such commission all books, papers, records and deeds belonging to the dissolved corporation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7303)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7152; 1919 § 8601; 1909 § 9489
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.660 - Trustee in disincorporation — compensation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
80.660. Trustee in disincorporation — compensation. —
The trustee shall receive for his services such compensation as the commission shall think reasonable.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7304)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7153; 1919 § 8602; 1909 § 9490
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 80 - Towns and Villages › Section 80.670 - Disincorporated town or village — disposition of revenue.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 80
Effective - 28 Aug 1987
80.670. Disincorporated town or village — disposition of revenue. —
If any town or village, disincorporated as aforesaid, have an annual revenue accruing thereto, the same shall be paid to the county governing body by the person owing the same; and all moneys thus paid, as well as all moneys paid them by the trustee, shall be held and disposed of by the governing body for the benefit of such town or village, and may be applied by the governing body to any specific object, upon the petition of a majority of the taxable inhabitants of such town or village.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7305, A.L. 1987 H.B. 160)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7154; 1919 § 8603; 1909 § 9491
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.010 - Certain cities and towns declared cities and towns under special charter.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
81.010. Certain cities and towns declared cities and towns under special charter. —
All cities and towns of this state operating under charters granted directly and specially by the general assembly prior to the adoption of the constitution of 1875 are hereby defined and declared to be cities and towns under special charter, and all laws now existing or which may hereafter be enacted relating or making reference to cities or towns under special charter or special charter cities or towns shall be deemed to and shall apply and be valid in relation only to cities and towns of this state defined and declared in this section to be cities and towns under special charter.
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(L. 1945 p. 1289 § 6215b)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.013 - Amendment of charter, procedure.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1983
81.013. Amendment of charter, procedure. —
If the charter of a city or town under special charter provides for amendment of the charter only by act of the general assembly of the state of Missouri or does not provide for amendment of the charter, the charter may be amended if a proposition to amend the charter is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the city or town and a majority of the qualified voters voting on the proposition vote in favor thereof. A proposition to amend the charter may be submitted to the qualified voters of the city or town at the next municipal election, or at a special election called for the purpose, by an ordinance adopted by the chief legislative body of the city or town; and a proposition to amend the charter shall be so submitted if a petition so to do signed by ten percent of the qualified voters of the city or town, as determined by the total number of votes cast in the city or town for governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, is presented to the body or official in charge of municipal elections of the city or town.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 76)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Amendment to city charter, Const. Art. VI § 20
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.020 - Special charter cities may take census, when.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
81.020. Special charter cities may take census, when. —
Any town or city within this state, now incorporated under and by virtue of any special or local law, and in which the citizens thereof desire incorporation as a city of any special class under the general laws of this state, and believe that since the taking of the last census, state or national, there has been sufficient increase in population to entitle it to be incorporated as a city of a higher class than they would be entitled to under said last census, may, by authority of an ordinance, and at the expense of such town or city, cause to be taken a census of its population; and should such census, when so taken, show that the town or city taking the same has the requisite population to entitle it to become a city of the class desired, then such town or city may proceed to secure such incorporation as its population may entitle it to under and by authority of the provisions of chapter 72.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7435)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7282; 1919 § 8698; 1909 § 9576
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.030 - Census, how taken — false return, misdemeanor (fourth class cities, special charter cities and towns).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
81.030. Census, how taken — false return, misdemeanor (fourth class cities, special charter cities and towns). —
1. Any such city may at any time, by ordinance and at the expense of the city, cause an enumeration of its inhabitants to be made, and its population ascertained, and such census, when so taken, shall have like force and effect as a state or national census to authorize such city to proceed in securing such other incorporation as its population may entitle it to under the laws and constitution of this state, and for any other purpose that the laws may require, or have any other act or thing to be done making the population a basis thereof; and should the board of aldermen, councilmen or trustees fail or refuse to pass an ordinance for the taking of the census, when requested in writing to do so, then a petition may be presented to the board of aldermen, councilmen or trustees, signed by not less than twenty-five resident citizens of such city or town, asking the board to pass an ordinance providing for the taking of the census of such city, and the board shall then pass an ordinance providing for the taking of the census; and should the board of aldermen, councilmen or trustees fail or refuse to pass an ordinance providing for the taking of the census within thirty days from the date of filing said petition with the city clerk, then the mayor shall, by proclamation, order the city marshal to take the census of such city, and when taken by the city marshal, under the proclamation of the mayor, it shall have the same force and effect in law as if taken under an ordinance passed by the board of aldermen, city council or board of trustees.
2. Any person taking such census shall make return thereof, under oath, and file the same with the city clerk, and after said census is returned in either of the above modes, all courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the population of such city or town; provided, however, that the census shall not be taken in any city or town oftener than once every two years, unless the board of aldermen, councilmen or board of trustees shall be of the opinion that the public good demands and requires a new census, when they may provide for it.
3. Any person failing or refusing to comply with this section, or any person who shall make a false return, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine not less than ten dollars or more than one hundred dollars, and may be ousted from office.
4. This section shall apply to cities of the fourth class, and towns and villages, and cities and towns under special charters.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7522)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7369; 1919 § 8783; 1909 § 9639
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.040 - Street and sidewalk commissioner (special charter cities under 10,000).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
81.040. Street and sidewalk commissioner (special charter cities under 10,000). —
The council of any such city or town mentioned in section 88.804 may provide by ordinance for the appointment by the council of a street and sidewalk commissioner, which may be made by ordinance a separate office, and he shall give bond as such for the faithful discharge of such duties as the council may by ordinance or entry of record prescribe, and fix his compensation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7449)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7296; 1919 § 8711; 1909 § 9589
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.050 - Election and terms of officers (cities of 1,000 and less than 3,000).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
81.050. Election and terms of officers (cities of 1,000 and less than 3,000). —
At the next municipal election in all cities and towns under special charters having one thousand inhabitants and less than three thousand inhabitants, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected the officers as specified in said charters to be elected, each of whom shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified; except that any such city may provide by ordinance that two councilmen shall be elected each year for a term of two years. At the first election held after the passage of any such ordinance the two councilmen receiving the highest number of votes shall hold office for two years each and the two receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold office for one year each; and thereafter two councilmen shall be elected each year for terms of two years each.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7448, A.L. 1959 H.B. 53, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7295; 1919 § 8710; 1909 § 9588
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.060 - Notice of claim for damages on account of injury shall be given, when (cities of 500 to 3,000).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
81.060. Notice of claim for damages on account of injury shall be given, when (cities of 500 to 3,000). —
No action shall be maintained against any city or town organized and existing under special charter in this state, which city shall contain more than five hundred and less than three thousand inhabitants, on account of any injuries growing out of any defect or unsafe condition of or on any bridge, boulevard, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare, in said city or town until notice shall first have been given in writing to the mayor of said city or town, within ninety days of the occurrence for which said damage is claimed, stating the place where, the time when such injury was received, and the character and circumstances of the injury, and that the person so injured will claim damages therefor from such city or town.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7524)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.070 - Election of certain officers (cities of 3,000 to 10,000), exceptions.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1997
81.070. Election of certain officers (cities of 3,000 to 10,000), exceptions. —
1. At the next municipal election in all cities and towns under special charters and having three thousand inhabitants and not more than ten thousand inhabitants, except as allowed in subsection 2 of this section, and at each municipal election thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor, a councilman at large, one councilman from each ward, a constable, an attorney, a treasurer, who shall be, by virtue of the treasurer's office, collector of the revenue of such city, an auditor, and a clerk, who shall hold their respective offices for two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. And the city council shall provide by ordinance for the election for the election or appointment of the following officer, to wit: An assessor; except that the governing bodies of cities in counties of the first class under a charter form of government which have attained a population of more than three thousand and less than ten thousand inhabitants subsequent to the granting of its special charter, may by ordinance provide that the terms of its original special charter relating to municipal officers, their election and terms shall continue in force notwithstanding the provisions of this section.
2. At the next municipal election in all cities and towns under special charters with at least three thousand inhabitants and not more than ten thousand inhabitants and located in a county of the first or second classification that adjoins a county of the first classification with a charter form of government, the city council may place the question of whether the city council shall be allowed to appoint municipal offices, other than a mayor, a councilman at large and one councilman from each ward. The city council shall provide by ordinance the ballot language to be submitted to the voters. Upon approval by a majority of the qualified voters in such city or town voting on the question, the city council shall be allowed to appoint the specified offices.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7447, A.L. 1953 p. 297, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1997 H.B. 711)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7294; 1919 § 8709; 1909 § 9587
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.075 - Officers — elections (cities attaining 3,000 to 10,000 after grant of charter in certain counties).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
81.075. Officers — elections (cities attaining 3,000 to 10,000 after grant of charter in certain counties). —
At the next municipal election in all cities and towns under special charter, located in counties of the first class under a charter form of government, which have attained a population of three thousand inhabitants and not more than ten thousand inhabitants subsequent to the granting of their special charter, and at each municipal election thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor, a police judge and two councilmen from each ward, each of whom shall hold his respective office
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for four years and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided that at the next municipal election there shall be elected one councilman from each ward, who shall serve for a term of four years, and the year next following such an election, at the time of holding the general election for municipal officers, there shall be elected one councilman from each ward, who shall serve for a term of one year, after which election there shall be elected at each succeeding municipal election one councilman from each ward, who shall serve for a period of four years.
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(L. 1959 H.B. 324 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634)
Effective 8-13-78 (H.B. 971); 1-02-79 (H.B. 1634)
*Word "office" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 81 - Special Charter Cities and Towns › Section 81.080 - Extension of limits, how — inclusion of another city, procedure (cities of 20,000 or less).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 81
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
81.080. Extension of limits, how — inclusion of another city, procedure (cities of 20,000 or less). —
1. Any city or town of less than twenty thousand inhabitants and having a special charter, after the taking effect of such charter, may at any time extend its limits by ordinance, specifying with accuracy the new line to which it is proposed to extend such limits. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the limits of such city when thus extended.
2. Provided, that should such city by such extension of its territorial limits include any portion of any incorporated city, town or village, such extension shall be made to include the whole territory of such incorporated city, town or village, and upon such extension being made, the corporate existence of such incorporated city, town or village so included in such extension shall, ipso facto, cease, and all property and rights of every kind and nature belonging to and vested in such incorporated city, town or village shall, by operation of law, at once pass to and vest in the city making such extension of its limits, and it shall be the duty of all officers and employees of such incorporated city, town or village having custody or control thereof to surrender and deliver the same to such city so extending its limits; and such city shall also, by operation of law, become liable to pay all debts and liabilities of such incorporated city, town or village; provided further, that before such city shall extend its limits so as to include an incorporated city, town or village, four-sevenths of the qualified voters of the incorporated city, town or village, voting at such election so desired to be included within the limits of such city, shall vote in favor of such proposition at an election, to be determined in the following manner, to wit: Whenever such city shall desire to include within its limits any incorporated city, town or village, the mayor of such city shall inform the mayor or other chief officer of the incorporated city, town or village proposed to be so taken in of its intention to include said city, town or village within the limits; the mayor thereof shall order the question to be submitted to determine the wish of said city, town or village. If four-sevenths of the voters voting on the question shall vote in favor of the proposed extension, the mayor shall certify the result to the mayor of such city, and such city may proceed to extend its limits as provided in this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7514, A.L. 1953 p. 298, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7361; 1919 § 8775
CROSS REFERENCES:
Extension of limits to include other incorporated city, 82.090 to 82.170
Procedure for annexation of area to which objection is made, 71.015