Missouri § 65.490 - Township funds, how paid out — school district funds, duties of trustees.
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§ 65.490. Township funds, how paid out — school district funds, duties of trustees.
The township trustee and ex officio treasurer shall not pay out any moneys belonging to the township for any purpose whatever, except upon the order of the township board of directors, signed by the chairman of said board and attested by the township clerk; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to change or interfere with any school district, the boundary lines of which are different from that of the municipal township as organized under the provisions of this chapter, nor with the payment of any school moneys upon proper vouchers. The township trustee and ex officio treasurer shall receive from the collector-treasurer all road and bridge and other taxes due the township when collected by such officers, and shall receipt for the same, and shall account therefor in like manner as for other moneys in his or her hands belonging to the township.
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(RSMo 1939 § 13968, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12291; 1919 § 13204; 1909 § 11692
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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