Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification
Section 79.010 - Fourth class cities, incorporation of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939
79.010. Fourth class cities, incorporation of. — Any city of the fourth class in this state may become a body corporate under the provisions of this chapter, in the manner provided by law, under the name of "The city of ______", and by that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity and in all actions whatever; may receive and hold property, both real and personal, within such city, and may purchase, receive and hold real estate within or without such city for the burial of the dead; and may purchase, hold, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, it now owns or may hereafter acquire; may receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of property, and may have and hold one common seal, and may break, change or alter the same at pleasure, and all courts of this state shall take judicial notice thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7096)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6946; 1919 § 8397; 1909 § 9299
CROSS REFERENCE:
Cities of the fourth classification--minimum population requirements, 72.040

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages

Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification

Section 79.010 - Fourth class cities, incorporation of.

Section 79.020 - City limits may be altered, how.

Section 79.025 - Annexation of territory prohibited, when (City of Byrnes Mill).

Section 79.030 - Election of officers.

Section 79.035 - Primary election may be held, procedure, cost, exception.

Section 79.040 - Election ordered.

Section 79.050 - Elective officers, terms — chief of police or marshal, qualification — same person may be elected collector and marshal — board of aldermen, four-year term permitted, submission to voters required.

Section 79.055 - City marshal, training requirements, fourth class cities.

Section 79.060 - City to be divided into wards — aldermen elected — aldermen at large permitted for certain cities.

Section 79.070 - Aldermen, qualifications.

Section 79.080 - Mayor, qualifications.

Section 79.090 - Board to select an acting president, term.

Section 79.100 - Acting president to perform duties of mayor, when.

Section 79.110 - Mayor and board — duties.

Section 79.120 - Mayor may sit in board.

Section 79.130 - Ordinances — procedure to enact — inapplicable, when.

Section 79.130 - Ordinances — procedure to enact.

Section 79.135 - Proposed ordinance by petition, procedure (City of Savannah).

Section 79.140 - Bills must be signed — mayor's veto.

Section 79.150 - Board to keep journal of proceedings.

Section 79.160 - Board shall publish semiannual statements.

Section 79.165 - No money of city to be disbursed until statement is published — penalty.

Section 79.180 - Board may compel attendance of witnesses — mayor to administer oaths.

Section 79.190 - Mayor to sign commissions.

Section 79.200 - Mayor shall have the power to enforce laws.

Section 79.210 - Mayor — communications to board.

Section 79.220 - Mayor may remit fine, grant pardon.

Section 79.230 - Appointive officers.

Section 79.240 - Removal of officers.

Section 79.250 - Officers to be voters and residents — exceptions, appointed officers.

Section 79.260 - Officers' oath — bond.

Section 79.270 - Salaries fixed by ordinance.

Section 79.280 - Vacancies in certain offices, how filled.

Section 79.290 - Powers and duties of officers to be prescribed by ordinance.

Section 79.300 - Treasurer, duties — bond.

Section 79.310 - Collector to make annual report.

Section 79.320 - City clerk, election — duties.

Section 79.330 - Offices of marshal and collector may be consolidated.

Section 79.340 - Officers to report receipts and expenditures.

Section 79.350 - Mayor or board may inspect books and records of officers.

Section 79.360 - Misdemeanor in office, penalty.

Section 79.365 - Compensation of certain board and commission members, how fixed.

Section 79.370 - Board shall regulate sanitary conditions.

Section 79.380 - Diseases, control of — condemnation for public facilities — police jurisdiction, city-owned property.

Section 79.383 - Abatement of nuisance by civil action, city may be awarded attorney's fees.

Section 79.390 - Powers — water supply, marketplaces, city hall, prison, parks.

Section 79.400 - Powers — regulation of lumberyards, fences, animals and poultry — may establish pounds.

Section 79.410 - Powers — regulations governing.

Section 79.430 - Board may provide public cemeteries and regulate same.

Section 79.440 - Cemetery lots, how sold.

Section 79.450 - Certain activities to be prohibited and suppressed.

Section 79.460 - Board may prohibit carrying concealed weapons.

Section 79.470 - Board to set penalties, limitation.

Section 79.480 - Notice of action shall be given — when — contents.

Section 79.490 - Fourth class city disincorporated, how — election, notice.

Section 79.495 - Disincorporation without election allowed, when — diminishing city limits (certain fourth class cities).

Section 79.500 - Contracts not affected by disincorporation.

Section 79.510 - County commission shall appoint trustee.

Section 79.520 - Trustee, duties.

Section 79.530 - Trustee may employ counsel — report to county commission.

Section 79.540 - Trustee to make final settlement with county commission.

Section 79.550 - Municipal redevelopment authority, governing body may establish (certain municipalities).

Section 79.552 - Members, appointment, qualifications, terms — expenses (certain municipalities).

Section 79.555 - Powers of authority (certain municipalities).

Section 79.557 - Bonds, interest and income tax exempt — recognized as securities (certain municipalities).

Section 79.560 - Purchases of real property, cooperation of other political subdivisions — limitation of powers (certain municipalities).

Section 79.565 - Elected or appointed officials, no financial interest in authority operations (certain municipalities).

Section 79.600 - Annexation of trash and recyclable material facilities, procedure (City of Eureka)