Terms Used In Missouri Laws 55.045

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • General election: means the election required to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, biennially. See Missouri Laws 1.020

In any county of the third class which will become a county of the second class on the first day of January next following the general election at which a county auditor would normally be elected for a county of the second class, candidates may file and stand for election for the office of county auditor in such third class county and the winner of the election for each office shall assume his duties on the first day of January next following the election for the full four-year term of office.