Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 248

Sanitary Drainage Districts--Cities Over 300,000 Inhabitants and Adjoining Counties

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Section 248.070.1

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August 28, 2015

Trustees--appointment--removal--employees.

248.070. 1. The board of trustees for the sanitary district shall be

constituted as follows: The county commission shall appoint one; the mayor

of the city, with the approval of the higher branch of the legislative

department of the city government, shall appoint one; and the court having

jurisdiction over the whole or major part of the territory embraced in the

district, as shown by the map thereof, shall appoint one, who shall be a

civil engineer of good repute in his profession, and a recognized expert in

matters of drainage. The appointee of the circuit court shall be the

president of the board, and its executive officer.



2. For their services the trustees shall receive salaries proportioned

to the actual services rendered the district; the amount of salaries in each

case shall be fixed on a per diem basis by the circuit court which appoints

the third member, as before provided.



3. If more than one sanitary district be organized with territory

common to the same city and county or counties, the same persons may be

appointed as trustees for any or all such districts.



4. The official, county commission or court appointing the trustee

shall have the power to appoint a successor when any vacancy occurs by reason

of death, resignation, or removal from office or expiration of term. He or

it may also remove such appointee for cause.



5. The term of office of the first appointee of the circuit court shall

be three years; that of the county commission two years, and that of the

mayor one year. Subsequent terms shall all be for three years, always

subject to the condition that the board of trustees may be abolished, as

provided in section 248.180.



6. The board of trustees shall have power to elect a clerk, chief

engineer and attorney, and to employ from time to time such other persons as

may be necessary, and to remove and discharge them at its pleasure; to fix

the compensation of such appointees or employees, and to require them to give

bond for the faithful performance of their duties; provided, that no salary so

paid, calculated on per diem basis, shall exceed the per diem allowed the

president of the board.



(RSMo 1939 § 12478)



Prior revisions: 1929 § 10888; 1919 § 4583; 1909 § 5689







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