Missouri AG Opinions — 1966

Opinion letter to the Honorable Haskell Holman

Opinion letter to the Honorable James L. Paul

Sections 162.211(3) and 162.221 et seq., RSMo. Supp. 1965, are applicable to six-director school districts of St. Louis County, and 25 voters of such districts may petition for the establishment of a six-director district which combines adjacent districts.

(1) “Equalization quota” and “Second level equalization quota aid shall be paid to the school district wherein the assigned pupil resides as provided by Sections 163.031(1) and 163.033, RSMo. Supp. 1965; (2) “Flat grant” aid shall be paid to the school district where the assigned pupil attends school as provided by Section 163.031(3), RSMo. Supp. 1965; (3) In calculating tuition rate of an assigned pupil, the per pupil cost of maintaining the school attended should be reduced by the amount of “flat grant” aid per pupil, as provided by Section 167.131, RSMo. Supp. 1965.

Opinion letter to Mr. Joseph Jaeger, Jr.

Opinion letter to the Honorable Thomas A. David

Article , Section 12, Missouri Constitution 1945, prohibits teachers and other employees of a public school district from holding the office of State Senator or Representative.

Opinion letter to the Honorable James G. Lauderdale

Voter registration records consisting of pink, blue and white copies of registration sheets required to be kept by the county clerk pursuant to Sections 114.130 and 114.140, RSMo, shall be available for public inspection.

Under the current statutes, there have been two independent boards created to govern the Jasper County Junior College and if organized, the Missouri Southern State College at Joplin , Mo. Each Board has defined statutory duties. The Board of Trustees is the proper agency to call an election; and where approved by popular vote, to issue bonds, to sell the bonds as obligations of the Junior College District and to levy taxes pay the principal and interest thereon.

It is unlawful under Section 311.070, RSMo 1959, for the Anheuser – Busch Employees Association to operate a package liquor store and a tavern for on-premise consumption for 5% beer and intoxicating liquor.

Money received by the recorder of deeds for making xerox copies of legal documents on file in his office must be reported as “fees” accountable in a second class county as prescribed by Section 59.230, Mo. Supp. 1963.; Money received by the recorder of deeds for making credit search and selling lists of chattel mortgages to various banks and loan companies does not constitute funds recoverable by the county as “fees” accountable under Section 59.230, Mo. Supp. 1963, or as money collected under color of office.

Opinion letter to the Honorable Don E. Burrell

A public water supply district, formed under the provisions of Section 247.010 to 247.220, required to file financial reports.

Neither the Greene County Coroner nor members of the Highway Patrol have authority to withdraw a sample of blood from the body of an individual killed in an automobile accident when no inquest is held.