Title VII — CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES

79.450. Certain activities to be prohibited and suppressed. — 1. The board of aldermen shall enact ordinances to prohibit and suppress houses of prostitution and other disorderly houses and practices, including gambling and gambling houses, and all kinds of public indecencies, an…

79.460. Board may prohibit carrying concealed weapons. — The board of aldermen may adopt ordinances providing for the prohibition of and punishment for the carrying of concealed deadly weapons, and may also adopt ordinances providing for the prohibition of vagrancy and providing …

79.470. Board to set penalties, limitation. — For all ordinance violations the board of aldermen may impose penalties not exceeding a fine of five hundred dollars and costs, or ninety days' imprisonment, or both the fine and imprisonment. Where the city and state have a penalty f…

79.480. Notice of action shall be given — when — contents. — No action shall be maintained against any city organized under the laws of this state as a city of the fourth class on account of any injuries growing out of any defect or unsafe condition of or on any bridge, boulevard…

79.490. Fourth class city disincorporated, how — election, notice. — 1. The county governing body of any county in which a city of the fourth class is located shall disincorporate such city as provided in this section. 2. The county governing body shall order an election upon the…

79.495. Disincorporation without election allowed, when — diminishing city limits (certain fourth class cities). — 1. The county governing body of any county in which a city of the fourth class is located shall have the power to disincorporate such city upon petition of two-third…

79.500. Contracts not affected by disincorporation. — No dissolution of such corporation shall invalidate or affect any right accruing to such corporation or to any person, or invalidate or affect any contract entered into or imposed on such corporation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7…

79.510. County commission shall appoint trustee. — Whenever the county commission shall dissolve any such city of the fourth class, the said county commission shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the corporation so dissolved, and such trustee, before entering…

79.520. Trustee, duties. — The trustee shall have power to prosecute and defend to final judgment all suits instituted by or against the corporation, collect all moneys due the same, liquidate all lawful demands against the same, and for that purpose shall sell any property belon…

79.530. Trustee may employ counsel — report to county commission. — Such trustee shall employ counsel whenever necessary in the discharge of his duties, and shall make report of his proceedings to the county commission at each regular term thereof, and such trustee shall receive …

79.540. Trustee to make final settlement with county commission. — When the trustee shall have closed the affairs of the corporation, and shall have paid all debts due by said corporation, he shall pay over to the county treasurer all money remaining in his hands, and take receip…

79.550. Municipal redevelopment authority, governing body may establish (certain municipalities). — Any fourth class city with a population of at least one thousand which is located within a first class county with a charter form of government adjoining a city not within a county…

79.552. Members, appointment, qualifications, terms — expenses (certain municipalities). — 1. In any municipality eligible under section 79.550 to create a municipal redevelopment authority, upon the motion of the governing body of such municipality, there is hereby created a mun…

79.555. Powers of authority (certain municipalities). — The authority shall have the power to: (1) Acquire by gift, purchase or lease, sell or otherwise dispose of, and to plan, construct, operate and maintain, or lease to others for operation and maintenance, industrial parks, w…

79.557. Bonds, interest and income tax exempt — recognized as securities (certain municipalities). — 1. All bonds, notes and other instruments of indebtedness issued by the authority and all interest thereon and income therefrom shall be tax exempt. 2. Any notes, bonds or other i…

79.560. Purchases of real property, cooperation of other political subdivisions — limitation of powers (certain municipalities). — 1. Where the authority attempts to purchase real property for fair market value from any political subdivision in this state, such political subdivis…

79.565. Elected or appointed officials, no financial interest in authority operations (certain municipalities). — No elected or appointed official or employee of the municipality or authority, and no spouse or dependent child of any official or employee shall have any financial o…

79.600. Annexation of trash and recyclable material facilities, procedure (City of Eureka) — Notwithstanding the annexation provisions of chapter 71, if the governing body of a city of the fourth classification with more than seven thousand five hundred but fewer than seven thous…