Missouri AG Opinions — 1944

May sell school buildings if no longer required and new building is provided.

House Bill 227, Laws of Missouri, 1941, authorizes a common school district adjacent to a consolidated district to become consolidated with such consolidated district in a certain manner.

County Court cannot increase a year’s tax levy to produce an amount in excess of 10% of the previous year’s levy; how illegally paid tax can be recovered.

Induction of School Director into Armed Forces does not affect his tenure of office.

County Court should not pay for supplies for the Registrar of Vital Statistics.

The county court has jurisdiction to correct taxes extended against exempt property, but no authority to change taxes extended before the property became exempt.

Appointment; liabilities.

Soldiers, sailors and marines in service or honorably discharged from service, or dependents of any soldier, sailor or marine shall not be charged for certified copies of public records in the care and custody and control of the State Board of Health, where such copy is to be used to establish a claim with the United States government.

Cannot prescribe manner or payment of rental accounts; nor is certification required under Sec. 14592, Laws 1943, p. 1005, on rental accounts.

Who are ex officio highway engineers must pay registration fee as provided by C. S. S. B. 61, Laws of Mo. 1941.

Five questions relative to the transfer of the management of the Confederate Home from the Board of Trustees of such home to the Board of Managers of the State Eleemosynary Institutions.

Statute provides no way to clear records on outstanding duplicate draft.

Not the duty of county clerk to make up Delinquent Personal Tax Books; County Clerk not required to make two complete sets of current personal and current real estate Tax Books.

The County Court has the authority to sell or trade the county jail.

Distribution of surplus from general tax sale after payment of taxes, penalties, interest and costs.

1) Payment of premium on surety bond not mandatory on county court. 2) County court not authorized to pay part of bond premium.

Probate Judges of counties now having, or which shall hereafter have less than 19,000 population, shall charge the fee, authorized by statute, for each official act performed by him as such officer. He shall at the end of each month, make and file a report with the County Clerk. 1. Of all fees earned and collected. 2. All fees earned by not collected. The fees collected for (a) Solemnization of marriages and (b) Hearing and determining inheritance tax matters may be retained by the Probate Judge and no accounting is required.

May charge County Agent office rent for rooms used by him in County Courthouse.