Terms Used In Missouri Laws 477.140

  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • 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

The judges of any district of the court of appeals, or a majority of the judges of any of the districts, are hereby respectively authorized to rent and furnish for their respective districts a suitable courtroom and office for the clerk and rooms for the judges, and a room for the janitor and marshal, and a room for the library, and to make such arrangements for obtaining the use of the libraries of their respective cities as they respectively may deem necessary and wise; all of which expenditures, as also for stationery and other necessary outlay for each of the districts, shall be paid by the state; and the certificate of the chief judge of the respective districts as to the same shall be a sufficient voucher to the commissioner of administration, and a warrant shall be drawn accordingly on the state treasurer for the amount thereof.