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212 opinions issued in 1974.
Opinion No. 305-74 — JUDGES.; PENSIONS.; MAGISTRATES.; RETIREMENT.
Sep 17, 1974
A magistrate judge over the age of sixty-five who has served as a magistrate judge or as a justice of the peace in the state of Missouri for a period of time totaling an aggregate of twelve years and who after September 28, 1971 ceases to hold his office as magistrate judge by voluntary resignation is entitled to retirement pay equal to fifty percent of the compensation provided by law at the time of his retirement for the judges of the highest court the retired judge served as a full-time judge, to be paid monthly during the remainder of his life, said compensation to begin from the date of his resignation as magistrate judge.
Opinion No. 302-74 — CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.; SCHOOLS.; BONDS.; TAXATION (SCHOOLS)
Sep 17, 1974
Neither the Missouri Constitution nor the United States Constitution forbids the two-thirds majority needed for tax and bond elections under Article X, Section 11 (c) and Article VI, Section 26 (b) of the Missouri Constitution.
Opinion No. 242-74 — DENTISTS.; DEATH CERTIFICATES.; PHYSICIANS.; DOCTORS.
Sep 17, 1974
(1) Dentists are not authorized to conduct a complete physical evaluation of a patient and (2) dentists are not physicians within the meaning of Section 193.140 authorizing physicians to certify cause of death on a death certificate.