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
Structure 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.
Section 81.013 - Amendment of charter, procedure.
Section 81.020 - Special charter cities may take census, when.
Section 81.040 - Street and sidewalk commissioner (special charter cities under 10,000).
Section 81.050 - Election and terms of officers (cities of 1,000 and less than 3,000).
Section 81.070 - Election of certain officers (cities of 3,000 to 10,000), exceptions.
Section 81.090 - Establishment and maintenance of city jail (cities of 10,000 or less).
Section 81.100 - Authorization for commitment of prisoners (cities of 10,000 or less).
Section 81.110 - Construction of jail — bond (cities of 10,000 or less).
Section 81.120 - Construction of levees — bond (cities of 10,000 or less).
Section 81.130 - Farming lands, exclusion — procedure (cities of 20,000 or less).
Section 81.140 - Election and appointment of certain officers — tenure (cities of 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 81.150 - Election of aldermen — tenure (cities of 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 81.160 - Enactment of ordinances — additional power (cities of 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 81.170 - Condemnation of private property (cities of 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 81.180 - Acquired property — management, regulation (cities of 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 81.190 - Acquisition of property — regulation of business (cities of 10,000 to 30,000).
Section 81.195 - Officers, terms (cities of 30,000 to 250,000 in certain counties).
Section 81.200 - Extension of limits (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Section 81.210 - Changes of wards by ordinance (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Section 81.240 - Change not to be made, when (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Section 81.250 - Numbering wards — territory (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Section 81.260 - Election of aldermen (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).
Section 81.270 - Change in wards not to affect aldermen (cities of 20,000 and less than 250,000).