Missouri Laws 234.340 – Cities having 100,000 population and over — power and authority
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 234.340
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
All cities in this state having one hundred thousand inhabitants or over are hereby given the power and authority to build or acquire, by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise, within their corporate limits or within a reasonable distance outside thereof, a bridge or bridges, or a tunnel or tunnels, for public use by railroads, streetcars, vehicles of all kinds and pedestrians, over or under rivers and streams in Missouri or those forming a boundary between this and other states, and to acquire, hold, use and retain, by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise, land to be used for approaches for and in the construction, operation and maintenance of said bridge or bridges, tunnel or tunnels, in this and other states, and to maintain, use and operate said bridge or bridges, tunnel or tunnels, either as toll or free bridges or tunnels, as may by said cities be deemed expedient.