Terms Used In Missouri Laws 78.100

  • 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
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • 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

Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or councilman shall file with the city clerk a statement of such candidacy in substantially the following form:

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State of Missouri, County of ______ ss.
I, ______, herewith state and declare that I reside at number ______ street, city of ______, county of therein; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of (mayor or councilman) to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on the ______ Tuesday of ______, 20______, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official primary ballot for nomination by such primary election for such office.
(Signed) ______

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