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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.240 - Vacancy in office of mayor, how filled, exceptions — president pro tem, duties of.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1999
77.240. Vacancy in office of mayor, how filled, exceptions — president pro tem, duties of. —
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor, by death, resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to qualify or otherwise, nominations of a successor may be made by any member of the council and selected with the consent of a majority of the members of the council, except in counties of the first classification with a charter form of government which have a population of at least nine hundred thousand inhabitants. The council may adopt procedures to fill any such vacancy consistent with this section. In the case of a temporary absence of the mayor or disability to perform the duties of his or her office, the president pro tem of the council shall perform the duties of mayor until the mayor shall return or such disability be removed; and during the time the president pro tem of the council shall act as mayor, the president pro tem shall receive the same compensation that the mayor would be entitled to. In counties of the first classification with a charter form of government and which do not contain a city with a population of at least four hundred thousand, in case of vacancy other than a temporary absence or disability, the person exercising the office of mayor shall cause a new election to be held; provided, when a vacancy occurs within six months of a municipal election, no election shall be called to fill such vacancy.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6880, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34, A.L. 1999 S.B. 214)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6734; 1919 § 8221; 1909 § 9158
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.250 - Mayor to be president of council — vote.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.250. Mayor to be president of council — vote. —
The mayor shall be president of the council and shall preside over same, but shall not vote except in case of a tie in said council, when he shall cast the deciding vote; but provided, however, that he shall have no such power to vote in cases when he is an interested party. He shall have the superintending control of 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6871)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6725; 1919 § 8212; 1909 § 9149
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.260 - Powers and duties of mayor and council generally.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.260. Powers and duties of mayor and council generally. —
The mayor and council 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6949)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6803; 1919 § 8290; 1909 § 9227
CROSS REFERENCES:
Assessment, special tax bills for sprinkling and cleaning streets, 88.640, 88.811
County roads, adjoining corporate limits, benefits how assessed, 88.647
License taxes, authorized, on what, 94.110
Policemen, appointment and removal, 85.541, 85.551
Street lighting, council may provide, approval of electorate, 88.613 to 88.630
Taxation, 94.010 to 94.180
Water, council may contract for service, 88.633
(1966) City council in third class city is primarily a legislative body elected by people, and wards from which councilmen are elected must be substantially equal in population. Armentrout v. Schooler (Mo.), 409 S.W.2d 138.
(1969) Ordinance of a city of the third class which purported to grant to the city administrator the power to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to carry out city ordinances was an unconstitutional delegation of city council's legislative power. Pearson v. City of Washington (Mo.), 439 S.W.2d 756
(1975) This section does not give a third class city the power to regulate real estate brokers. Anderson v. City of Olivette (Mo.), 518 S.W.2d 29.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.270 - Mayor to approve ordinances — may veto — proceedings when vetoed.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.270. Mayor to approve ordinances — may veto — proceedings when vetoed. —
Every bill presented to the mayor and returned to the council with the approval of the mayor shall become an ordinance, and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with his objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The council 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 votes on this question shall be taken by yeas and nays and the names entered upon the journal, and if two-thirds of all the members-elect shall vote in the affirmative, the president 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 city council, and shall also possess the power to approve all or any portion of the general appropriation bill, or to veto any item or all of the same; 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 council, the same shall become a law without his signature.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6947)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6801; 1919 § 8288; 1909 § 9225
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.280 - Mayor may veto resolutions and orders.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.280. Mayor may veto resolutions and orders. —
The mayor shall also have the power to veto any resolution or order of the council which calls for or contemplates the expenditure of the revenues of the city. Such vetoes shall be noted on the journal of the council, and shall be effective and binding unless the council, at a subsequent session thereof, general or special, shall pass said resolution or order by a vote of three-fourths of all the members elected to the council.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6948)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6802; 1919 § 8289; 1909 § 9226
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.290 - Mayor shall communicate to the council, what.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.290. Mayor shall communicate to the council, what. —
The mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the council 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6873)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6727; 1919 § 8214; 1909 § 9151
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.310 - May require officers to exhibit accounts.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.310. May require officers to exhibit accounts. —
The mayor shall have power to require, as often as he may deem it necessary, any officer of the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers or records, and to make report to the council, in writing, touching any subject or matter pertaining to his office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6874)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6728; 1919 § 8215; 1909 § 9152
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.320 - Mayor to sign all commissions and appointments — bond approval by mayor.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
77.320. Mayor to sign all commissions and appointments — bond approval by mayor. —
The mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all city officers elected or appointed in the city, and shall approve all official bonds.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6872, A.L. 1990 H.B. 986)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6726; 1919 § 8213; 1909 § 9150
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.330 - May appoint what officers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.330. May appoint what officers. —
The mayor, with the consent and approval of a majority of the members elected to the city council, shall have power to appoint a street commissioner and such other officers as he may be authorized by ordinance to appoint.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6879)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6733; 1919 § 8220; 1909 § 9157
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.340 - May remove officer with consent of council.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.340. May remove officer with consent of council. —
The mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the city council, remove from office, for cause shown, any elective officer of the city, such officer being first given opportunity, together with his witnesses, to be heard before the council, sitting as a court of impeachment. Any elective officer may, in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the city council, independently of the mayor's approval or recommendation. The mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the council, remove from office any appointive officer of the city at will; and any such appointive officer may be so removed by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the council, independently of the mayor's approval or recommendation. The council may pass ordinances regulating the manner of impeachment and removals.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6875)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6729; 1919 § 8216; 1909 § 9153
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.350 - Shall enforce ordinances.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.350. Shall enforce ordinances. —
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6876)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6730; 1919 § 8217; 1909 § 9154
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.360 - May remit fines.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.360. May remit fines. —
The mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under 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 the city by reason of any prosecution under the laws or ordinances of said city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6877)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6731; 1919 § 8218; 1909 § 9155
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.370 - Elective officers — option to appoint certain officers — terms.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
77.370. Elective officers — option to appoint certain officers — terms. —
1. Except as hereinafter provided, the following officers shall be elected by the voters of the city: mayor, police judge, attorney, assessor, collector, treasurer and, except in cities which adopt the merit system police department, a marshal.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, in cities which contract with another entity for police service, the city council may eliminate the office of marshal.
3. The attorney shall be a person licensed to practice law in Missouri, and the council, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of an attorney, by the mayor with the approval of the council, in lieu of electing an attorney. If so appointed he shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor and council.
4. Whenever a city contracts for the assessment of property or the collection of taxes with either a public or private entity as authorized by section 70.220, the city council may by ordinance provide that at the expiration of the term of the then city assessor or collector, as the case may be, the office is abolished and thereafter no election shall be had to fill the office; except that in the event the contract expires and, for any reason, is not renewed, the council may by ordinance provide for the election of such officer at the next and succeeding regular elections for municipal officers.
5. The term of office for each of the officers is two years except the office of mayor and the marshal which are four-year terms. All officers hold office until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
6. The council, by ordinance, may provide that any officer of the city except the mayor and the councilmen shall be appointed instead of elected. Such ordinance shall set the manner of appointment, in accordance with section 77.330, and the term of office for each appointive officer, which term shall not exceed four years.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6869, A.L. 1955 p. 290, A.L. 1957 p. 240, A.L. 1959 H.B. 166, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 H.B. 817, A.L. 1989 H.B. 785, A.L. 2001 H.B. 491)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6723; 1919 § 8210; 1909 § 9147
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.380 - Officers to be voters and residents of city, exceptions, appointed officers.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1994
77.380. Officers to be voters and residents of city, exceptions, appointed officers. —
All officers elected to offices or appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office under the city government shall be voters under the laws and constitution of this state and, except appointed officers, must be residents of the city. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office who shall at the time be in arrears for any unpaid city taxes, or forfeiture or defalcation in office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6889, A.L. 1967 p. 159, A.L. 1969 S.B. 15, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1987 S.B. 393, A.L. 1994 S.B. 517)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6743; 1919 § 8230; 1909 § 9167
(1991) If language of statute may be subject to more than one construction, the law favors the construction which is in harmony with reason and common sense and tends to avoid unreasonable and absurd results. Term "resident" means resident at time of commencement of appointed duties. Shands v. City of Kennett, 756 F.Supp. 420 (E.D. Mo.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.390 - Officer's oath — bond.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
77.390. Officer's oath — bond. —
Every officer of the city and his assistants, and every councilman, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some court of record in the county, or the city clerk, that he possesses all the qualifications prescribed for his office by law; that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and of the state of Missouri, the provisions of all laws of this state affecting cities of this class, and the ordinances of the city, and faithfully demean himself in office; which official oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk. Every officer of the corporation, when required by law or ordinance, shall, within fifteen days after his election or appointment, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office, give bond to the city in such sum and with such sureties as shall be designated by ordinance, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty, and that he will pay over all moneys belonging to the city, as provided by law, that may come into his hands. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail to take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, or to give bond as herein required, his office shall be deemed vacant. For any breach of condition of any such bond, suit may be instituted thereon by the city, or by any person in the name of the city for the use of such person.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6890, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6744; 1919 § 8231; 1909 § 9168
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.400 - Term officer construed.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
77.400. Term officer construed. —
The term
"officer"
, whenever used in this chapter, shall include any person holding any situation under the city government or any of its departments, with an annual salary, or for a definite term of office, other than clerical or professional staff.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6891, A.L. 1990 H.B. 986)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6745; 1919 § 8232; 1909 § 9169
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.410 - City clerk — duties.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
77.410. City clerk — duties. —
The city clerk shall, among other duties, keep the journal of the proceedings of the council. He shall safely and properly keep all records and papers belonging to the city which may be entrusted to his care, and generally shall perform all the duties required of him by ordinance or orders of the council. He is hereby empowered to administer official oaths, and also oaths to persons certifying to demands or claims against the city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6888, A.L. 1990 H.B. 986)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6742; 1919 § 8229; 1909 § 9169
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.440 - Compensation of officers and employees.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
77.440. Compensation of officers and employees. —
The council shall have power to fix the compensation of all officers and employees of the city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6893, A.L. 1955 p. 290, A.L. 1990 H.B. 986)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6747; 1919 § 8234; 1909 § 9171
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.450 - Vacancies, how filled.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 2001
77.450. Vacancies, how filled. —
If a vacancy occurs in any elective office other than the office of mayor, a successor to the vacant office shall be selected by appointment by the mayor with the advice and consent of a majority of the remaining members of the council. The council may adopt procedures to fill vacancies consistent with this section. The successor shall serve until the next available regular municipal April election. If a vacancy occurs in any office not elective, the mayor shall appoint a suitable person to discharge the duties of the same until the first regular meeting of the council thereafter, at which time the vacancy shall be permanently filled.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6894, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526, A.L. 1990 H.B. 986, A.L. 1991 S.B. 34, A.L. 1999 S.B. 214, A.L. 2001 H.B. 491)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6748; 1919 § 8235; 1909 § 9172
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.460 - Corrupt allowance of claim, how punished.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.460. Corrupt allowance of claim, how punished. —
Any member of the council or officer of the city who shall, in official capacity, or under color of his office, knowingly or willfully or corruptly vote or assent to, or report in favor of, or allow or certify for allowance, any claim or demand against the city, which claim or demand shall be on account of or under color of a contract or agreement not authorized by law and the ordinances of the city, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6895)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6749; 1919 § 8236; 1909 § 9173
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.480 - Duties may be regulated by ordinance — bonds required.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.480. Duties may be regulated by ordinance — bonds required. —
The duties, powers and privileges of officers of every character in any way connected with the city government, not herein defined, shall be prescribed by ordinance; and bonds may be required of any such officers for faithfulness in office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6897)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6751; 1919 § 8238; 1909 § 9175
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.490 - May fix certain rates.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.490. May fix certain rates. —
The council may, by ordinance, regulate and fix reasonable maximum rates and charges for the rental and use of telephones and telephone service within such city, and the price and quality of water, gas, gasoline, petroleum, electric lights and other means of lighting furnished by any person, firm or corporation operating under any franchise granted by the city, and may prescribe the candle power of the gas and electric lights furnished the city and private consumers. The council may, by ordinance, regulate and fix reasonable maximum rates, charges and prices of steam heat or other means of heating furnished by any person, firm or corporation operating under any franchise granted by the city, and may prescribe the pressure to be maintained, on its mains, by any steam heating company, person or firm operating the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6950)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6804; 1919 § 8291; 1909 § 9228
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.500 - May also regulate and control the construction of buildings.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.500. May also regulate and control the construction of buildings. —
The city council may also regulate and control the construction of buildings, the construction and cleaning of fireplaces, chimneys, stoves and stovepipes, ovens, boilers, kettles, forges or any apparatus used in any building, manufactory or business which may be dangerous in causing or promoting fires, and may provide for the inspection of the same. The council may also provide, by ordinance, limits within which no building shall be constructed except of brick or stone or other incombustible materials, with fireproof roofs, and impose a penalty for the violation of such ordinance, and may cause buildings commenced, put up or removed into such limit, in violation of such ordinance, to be removed or abated.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6950)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6804; 1919 § 8291; 1909 § 9228
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.505 - Electricians and electric contractors, certain cities third class may license and regulate — exceptions — examination and inspection requirements.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1990
77.505. Electricians and electric contractors, certain cities third class may license and regulate — exceptions — examination and inspection requirements. —
1. Except as provided in subsection 5, the city council of each third class city, including a city of the third class in a county of the third class which contains a state university whose primary mission is engineering studies and technical research, shall have the power and authority to license, levy and collect a license tax on, and regulate, electrical contractors and electricians.
2. Any third class city which licenses and regulates electrical contractors and electricians under this section shall require an examination be taken by those electrical contractors and electricians prior to granting a license. The examination shall be either the multistate electrical licensing test or some other comparable examination which is based on the National Electrical Code as developed by the National Fire Protection Association. Each third class city which licenses and regulates electrical contractors and electricians shall establish a process for administering the test required in this section. The city may provide separate licenses for varying grades of electrical contractors and electricians and may exempt from licensure those electricians who are in the employ of an electrical contractor.
3. No third class city shall license and regulate electrical contractors or electricians unless and until such city shall provide for a process of inspection of and approval of electrical installations. Any inspector carrying out electrical inspections shall be a licensed electrician with a minimum of two years' experience in electrical work.
4. The city council of each third class city which licenses and regulates electrical contractors and electricians may appoint an advisory committee to assist with the development of examinations and licensing procedures as may be provided by ordinance.
5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to third class cities located in counties of the first class having a charter form of government or to third class cities located in a county of the third class; except, however, the provisions of this section shall apply to a city of the third class in a county of the third class which contains a state university whose primary mission is engineering studies and technical research.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 511 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.510 - May regulate lumber yards — running at large of animals and fowls — provide pounds and impose penalties.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.510. May regulate lumber yards — running at large of animals and fowls — provide pounds and impose penalties. —
The council may prescribe limits within the city within which no lumber yard or wood yard or coal yard shall be kept, and may regulate, restrain and prohibit the erection or maintenance of any fence, composed in whole or in part of barbed wire, along or adjacent to any public street, avenue, alley, park, cemetery or other public place. The council may also regulate or prohibit the running at large of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, sheep, goats and other animals and domestic geese, ducks, chickens and turkeys, 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. The council may also provide penalties for the owners or keepers who shall permit such animals or geese, ducks, chickens or turkeys to run at large. The council may also provide for the erection of all needful pounds, pens and buildings for the use of the city within or without the city limits, and appoint and compensate keepers thereof, and establish and enforce rules governing the same. The council may also tax, restrain and prohibit the running at large of dogs, and provide for their destruction when at large contrary to ordinance, and impose penalties on the owners or keepers thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6951)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6805; 1919 § 8292; 1909 § 9229
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.520 - May control streets, sidewalks, amusements.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.520. May control streets, sidewalks, amusements. —
The council may prohibit and prevent all encroachments into and upon the sidewalks, streets, avenues, alleys and other public places of the city, and may provide for the removal of all obstructions from the sidewalks, curbstones, gutters and crosswalks at the expense of the owners or occupants of the ground fronting thereon, or at the expense of the person causing the same; the council may also regulate the planting of shade trees, erecting of awnings, hitching posts, lamp posts, awning posts, telephone, telegraph and electric light poles, and the making of excavations through and under the sidewalks or in any public street, avenue, alley or other public place within the city. The council may prevent and punish for all horseracing or other racing, fast driving or training in the streets, highways, avenues, alleys, or over bridges or through tunnels in the city, and all games, practices or amusements therein likely to result in damage to any person or property, and to regulate, prevent and punish for the riding, driving, leading, standing, hitching or passing of horses, mules, oxen or other teams or stock or animals or any vehicle over or upon or across or along any sidewalk, street, avenue or alley of the city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6952)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6806; 1919 § 8293; 1909 § 9230
(1975) City has power to grant use of streets for cable television even though not expressly named in statute. City has right to reserve power to approve rates as a condition of grant to cable television service. Cablevision, Inc. v. City of Sedalia (Mo.), 518 S.W.2d 48.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.530 - Powers of council, quarantine, condemnation, police power outside city.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1998
77.530. Powers of council, quarantine, condemnation, police power outside city. —
The council may make regulations and pass ordinances for the prevention of the introduction of contagious diseases into the city, and for the abatement of the same, and may make quarantine laws and enforce the same within five miles of the city. The council may purchase or condemn and hold for the city, within or without the city limits, within ten miles therefrom, all necessary lands for hospital purposes, waterworks, sewer carriage and outfall, and erect, establish and regulate hospitals, workhouses, poorhouses, police stations, fire stations and provide for the government and support of the same, and make regulations to secure the general health of the city, and to prevent and remove nuisances; provided, however, that the condemnation of any property outside of the city limits shall be regulated in all respects as the condemnation of property or railroad purposes is regulated by law; and provided further, that the police jurisdiction of the city shall extend over such lands and property to the same extent as over public cemeteries, as provided in this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6953, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1352)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6807; 1919 § 8294; 1909 § 9231
CROSS REFERENCES:
Hospital, established, adoption for tax, board of trustees to govern, 96.150 to 96.229
Parks, city may acquire, tax to maintain, 90.010
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.550 - Inspection, weighing.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.550. Inspection, weighing. —
The council may prescribe rules and provide methods by ordinance for the inspection, weighing and measuring of any commodity sold in the city in all cases not otherwise provided for by law, and may provide for the selling, weighing and inspecting of meats, poultry and vegetables, of butter, lard and other provisions and articles of food; and may provide for the inspecting and measuring of wood, coal and fuel, lumber, shingles, timber and all kinds of building material, and shall have power to appoint inspectors and measurers; and may make provisions for the inspection of steam boilers and all steam heating apparatus, and to license engineers using steam boilers in the city, and may regulate the place or places where hay, lime, lumber, timber, wood, coal and all kinds of fuel shall be exposed for sale, and fix the fees of the person or persons appointed to perform the duties named in this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6956)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6810; 1919 § 8297; 1909 § 9234
CROSS REFERENCE:
Farmers, selling own produce, not subject to license, 150.030
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.560 - Slaughterhouses, stockyards.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote
77.560. Slaughterhouses, stockyards. —
The council shall have power, by ordinance, to secure the general health of the inhabitants of the city by any measure to regulate, suppress or abate slaughterhouses, slaughtering animals, stockyards, soap and other factories, pigpens, cow stables and other stables and dairies, coal oil tanks and factories, and to remove the same; and to regulate or prevent the carrying on of any business which may be dangerous or detrimental to the public health, or the manufacturing or vending of articles obnoxious to the health of the inhabitants; to prevent, abate and remove nuisances in a summary manner at the cost of the occupant or owner of the premises where the nuisance or the cause thereof may be; provided, that the same was caused by the occupant or owner of the premises or his agent; and all costs and expenses incurred by the city in removing or abating any nuisance on private property within the city limits may be assessed against the occupant or owner, if caused by them or either of them or their agent, and the same shall be assessed by the council as a special tax bill against such private property, which shall be a special lien against such property in the same manner and with the same effect that special tax bills are for paving; or the cost of removing or abating such nuisance may be made a part of the judgment by the judge, in addition to the fine imposed, in case of conviction in court of the person causing or maintaining any such nuisance; and the power is hereby given the city council to provide punishments for persons causing or maintaining nuisances in the city, or within one mile thereof. The council may also provide for a health commissioner and board of health to perform such duties and such powers as may be prescribed by ordinance; and may provide for the condemnation of goods, merchandise, clothing, furniture and other personal property containing the germs of contagious or infectious dangerous disease, whenever the same is necessary for the health of the city; but in every case where private property is so condemned and destroyed, due compensation shall be made to the owner thereof, upon the appraisement of five disinterested commissioners appointed by the mayor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6957, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6811; 1919 § 8298; 1909 § 9235
Effective 1-02-79
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.570 - Police regulations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.570. Police regulations. —
The council shall enact ordinances to prohibit and suppress houses of prostitution and other disorderly houses and practices, and gambling houses and all kinds of public indecencies, and may prohibit the selling or giving intoxicating liquors to any minor or habitual drunkard. The council shall also enact ordinances to restrain and prohibit riots, noises, assaults and battery, petit larceny, disturbances of the peace, disturbances of religious and other lawful assemblies, indecent shows, exhibitions or concerts in any street, house or place in the city, disorderly assemblies, and to regulate, restrain and prevent the discharge of firearms and the keeping and discharge of rockets, powder, fireworks or other dangerous combustible materials in the streets or in the limits of the city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 6950)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6804; 1919 § 8291; 1909 § 9228
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.590 - Council may make ordinances and rules and regulations and establish penalties for violation.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1972
77.590. Council may make ordinances and rules and regulations and establish penalties for violation. —
For any purpose or purposes mentioned in this chapter, the council may enact and make all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations; and they may enact and make all such ordinances and rules, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, as may be expedient for maintaining the peace and good government and welfare of the city and its trade and commerce; and all ordinances may be enforced by prescribing and inflicting upon its inhabitants, or other persons violating the same, such fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and such imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both such fine and imprisonment, as may be just for any offense, recoverable with costs of suit, together with judgment of imprisonment, until the fine and costs are paid or satisfied; and any person committed for the nonpayment of fine and costs, or either, may be compelled to work out the same as herein provided; but, in any case wherein the penalty for an offense is fixed by any statute, the council shall affix the same penalty by ordinance for the punishment of such offense, except that imprisonments, when made under city ordinances, may be in the city prison or workhouse instead of the county jail.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7014, A.L. 1972 S.B. 504)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6868; 1919 § 8350; 1909 § 9277
CROSS REFERENCE:
Ordinances, codification and revision procedure, 71.940 to 71.948
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.600 - Claims and suits for damages — notice.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.600. Claims and suits for damages — notice. —
No action shall be maintained against any city organized under the laws of this state as a city of the third class 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, until notice shall first have been given in writing to the mayor of said city, within ninety days of the occurrence for which such 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7044)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6898; 1919 § 8372
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.610 - Shall give bond on appeal.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
77.610. Shall give bond on appeal. —
Such city, in taking an appeal or prosecuting a writ of error in any judicial proceeding, shall give bonds as required by law; but it is hereby released from the obligation of law to furnish security therefor. All such bonds shall be executed by the mayor or chief magistrate of such city, and shall be taken in all courts of this state as full compliance with the law in such cases; and all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this provision are hereby repealed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7017)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6871; 1919 § 8353; 1909 § 9280
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.650 - Recall of elected officials — procedure — limitations.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
77.650. Recall of elected officials — procedure — limitations. —
1. The holder of any elective office in a third class city may be removed by the qualified voters of such city by recall petition in accordance with the procedure set out in sections 77.650 to 77.660 subject to the following limitations:
(1) The officer has held office for at least six months;
(2) In the case of an office for a term of two years only, one recall petition may be filed during such term;
(3) For a term of office more than two years, additional recall petitions may be filed but not less than six months later after voter disapproval of the last recall petition;
(4) The recalled officer may not be a candidate to succeed himself at a special election held to fill the vacancy created by his recall, nor may he be appointed by the appointing authority to fill the vacancy.
2. A petition signed by voters entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, equal in number to at least twenty-five percent of the total number of registered voters in such city entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, demanding the recall of a person from elective office shall be filed with the county clerk which petition shall contain a statement of the reasons for which recall is sought which shall not be more than two hundred words in length. Such petition for recall shall be filed with the appropriate county clerk or election authority within sixty days after the date of the earliest signature on the petition. The reasons for recall are misconduct in office, incompetence or failure to perform duties prescribed by law. The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving the street and number and the date signed. One of the signers of each such paper shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that the statements therein made are true as he believes and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1120 § 2, A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision, A.L. 1997 S.B. 395)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.655 - Recall petitions, examination and certification by county clerk — amended, when — duties of clerk and council.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
77.655. Recall petitions, examination and certification by county clerk — amended, when — duties of clerk and council. —
Within ten days from the date of filing such petition, the county clerk of such third class city shall examine and from the voters' register ascertain whether or not said petition is signed by the requisite number of voters, and if necessary, the council shall allow him extra help for the purpose; and he shall attach to said petition his certificate, showing the result of said examination. If by the clerk's certificate the petition is shown to be insufficient, it may be amended within ten days from the date of said certificate. The clerk shall, within ten days after such amendment, make like examination of the amended petition, and if his certificate shall show the same to be insufficient, it shall be returned to the person filing the same, without prejudice, however, to the filing of a new petition to the same effect. If the petition shall be deemed to be sufficient, the clerk shall submit the same to the council without delay. If the petition shall be found to be sufficient, the council shall order the question to be submitted to the voters of the city.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1120 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.660 - Recall petition, election on, when, form of question — removal of official, when, vacancy created.

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
77.660. Recall petition, election on, when, form of question — removal of official, when, vacancy created. —
1. A special election shall be held on the recall petition as soon as practicable and as may be determined by the election authority of the county. The question to be presented to the voters at such election shall be in substantially the following form:
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FOR the removal of ______ (name of officer) from the office of ______ (title of office)
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AGAINST the removal of ______ (name of officer) from the office of ______ (title of office)
2. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question at such election shall vote FOR the removal of such officer, a vacancy shall exist in such office. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question at such election shall vote AGAINST the removal of such officer, such officer shall continue to serve during the term for which elected.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1120 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages › Chapter 77 - Cities of the Third Classification › Section 77.670 - Reserve funds, certain third class cities may establish (including North Kansas City).

Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Chapter 77
Effective - 28 Aug 2000
77.670. Reserve funds, certain third class cities may establish (including North Kansas City). —
The governing body of any third class city with a population of more than four thousand but less than four thousand five hundred inhabitants that is located in a county of the first classification with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand but less than one hundred seventy thousand inhabitants may establish, by ordinance, reserve funds. In the ordinance establishing the reserve funds, the city may either earmark the funds for a specific project, or for operations in general. The repeal or amendment of any such ordinance shall be approved by the qualified voters of the city.
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(L. 2000 H.B. 1647)