Missouri § 229.120 - Engineer and overseer to protect trees.
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§ 229.120. Engineer and overseer to protect trees.
The county highway engineer and overseers shall protect all fruit, shade and ornamental trees along the sides of the public roads, and shall forthwith remove all signs and advertisements whatsoever that may have been nailed or fastened to any of said trees. And it shall be the duty of the county highway engineer to see that this provision is enforced.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8579)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7930; 1919 § 10718; 1909 § 10531
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