Missouri § 182.410 - Directors — appointment — number — board to be bipartisan.
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§ 182.410. Directors — appointment — number — board to be bipartisan.
When any incorporated city containing over three hundred thousand inhabitants shall have decided to establish and maintain a public library and reading room under this chapter, the mayor of such city shall, with the approval of the city council, proceed to appoint a board of nine directors for the same, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for such office; and no member of the municipal government shall be a member of said board; provided, that not more than five of such directors shall be members of the same political party.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14777)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13473; 1919 § 7206; 1909 § 8202
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