Missouri § 65.230 - Compensation of officers.
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§ 65.230. Compensation of officers.
The following township officers shall be entitled to compensation at the following rates for each day necessarily devoted by them to the services of the township in discharging the duties of their respective offices:
(1) The township clerk, as clerk, the township trustee, as trustee, members of the township board, shall each receive a maximum amount of fifty dollars per day for the first meeting each month and a maximum amount of twenty dollars for each meeting thereafter during the month;
(2) The township trustee as ex officio treasurer shall receive a compensation of two percent for receiving and disbursing all moneys coming into his hands for the first fifty thousand dollars received as ex officio treasurer when the same shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars and one percent of all sums over this amount; and
(3) Township officials may receive an hourly wage set by the township board for labor performed for the benefit of the township. Such wage shall not exceed the local prevailing wage limits and shall not include pay received for attending monthly meetings or pay received by the treasurer for performing duties required of his or her office.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 13986, 13987, A.L. 1955 p. 370, A.L. 1998 S.B. 917, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 12309, 12310; 1919 §§ 13222, 13223; 1909 §§ 11710, 11711
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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