Missouri § 137.600 - Railroad, telegraph and telephone taxes — rate — how collected and disbursed.
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§ 137.600. Railroad, telegraph and telephone taxes — rate — how collected and disbursed.
It shall be the duty of the clerk of each township wherein railroad, telegraph and telephone property is located, on or before the tenth day of August of each year, to certify to the county commission the rate of taxation levied by such township for road purposes, and the county commission shall levy the rate so certified by the township clerk on all railroad, telegraph and telephone property in such township; and said tax shall be charged on the railroad tax book and collected and distributed to the township treasurers in the same way that the city, town and village tax on such railroad, telegraph and telephone property is charged, collected and distributed to city treasurers.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8823)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8163; 1919 § 10925; 1909 § 11772
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