Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 65

Township Organization Counties

←65.520

Section 65.530.1

65.540→

August 28, 2015

Township boundaries and new townships, how changed and constituted.

65.530. The county commission of each county shall have power to alter

the boundary of townships and to increase or diminish their number, as

follows, viz: Upon the petition of one-fourth of the voters of the township

or townships proposed to be altered, the county commission shall submit the

proposed alteration to the qualified voters thereof, at any regular township

election, by giving at least thirty days' notice thereof to such township or

townships, in the usual manner of giving election notices; and if such

alteration shall be ratified by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast by

the voters affected thereby, then such alteration shall be confirmed by the

county commission, and each township shall be named in accordance with the

expressed wishes of its inhabitants.



(RSMo 1939 § 13936)



Prior revisions: 1929 § 12259; 1919 § 13172; 1909 § 11660







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