Effective - 28 Aug 1978
79.020. City limits may be altered, how. — The mayor and board of aldermen of such city, whether the same shall have been incorporated before becoming a city of the fourth class or not, with the consent of a majority of the voters of such city voting on the question, shall have power to extend the limits of the city over territory adjacent thereto, and to diminish the limits of the city by excluding territory therefrom, and shall, in every case, have power, with the consent of the voters as aforesaid, to extend or diminish the city limits in such manner as in their judgment and discretion may redound to the benefit of the city.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7097, A. 1949 H.B. 2029, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 6947; 1919 § 8398; 1909 § 9300
(1973) The term adjacent as used in this section clearly means that territory to be annexed must be either abutting and touching the annexing municipality or not have territory of the same kind intervening between it and the annexing municipality. City of St. Ann. v. Spanos (A.), 490 S.W.2d 563.
(1974) Parcels to be annexed must be adjacent to city but need not be adjacent to each other. City of St. Peters v. Kodner Development Corp. (A.), 509 S.W.2d 788.
Structure 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 79.055 - City marshal, training requirements, fourth class 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 79.383 - 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 79.410 - 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 79.500 - 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 79.552 - Members, appointment, qualifications, terms — expenses (certain municipalities).
Section 79.555 - Powers of authority (certain municipalities).
Section 79.600 - Annexation of trash and recyclable material facilities, procedure (City of Eureka)