General Ordinances of the Town of Columbia, in Boone County, Missouri, Revised, Pub. and Promulgated by Authority of the Board of Trustees of Said Town, in the Year 1890: To which are Appended the Provisions of the State Constitution Respecting Municipal Corporations; Also the General and Special Charters of Said Town

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Statesman book and job office print., 1890 - 110 páginas
 

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Página 79 - No county, city, town, township, school dis- . trict or other political corporation or subdivision of the state, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose...
Página 84 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide.
Página 80 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Página 83 - Company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal.
Página 80 - ... nor unless, before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the Interest on such indebtedness as it fa.lls due, and also provision to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same. Any indebtedness or liability incurred contrary to this provision shall be void.
Página 83 - The government of such city or town shall be vested in a board of trustees, to consist of five members; a...
Página 80 - Any county, city, school district or other municipal corporation incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall before, or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Página 80 - The making of profit out of county, city, town, or other public money, or using the same for any purpose not authorized by law, by any officer having the possession or control thereof, shall be a felony, and shall be prosecuted and punished as prescribed by law.
Página 77 - Taxes shall be levied and collected for public purposes only. ( They / / shall be uniform upon all property subject to taxation within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax ; and all taxes shall be levied and collected by general laws.
Página 26 - EO, roulette, equality, keno, thimbles, or little joker, or any kind of gaming table or gambling device adapted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing any game of chance for money or property...

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