Terms Used In Missouri Laws 81.075

  • 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
  • Ward: if used in a section in a context relating to the property rights and obligations of a person, means a protectee as defined in chapter 475. See Missouri Laws 1.020

At the next municipal election in all cities and towns under special charter, located in counties of the first class under a charter form of government, which have attained a population of three thousand inhabitants and not more than ten thousand inhabitants subsequent to the granting of their special charter, and at each municipal election thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor, a police judge and two councilmen from each ward, each of whom shall hold his respective office* for four years and until his successor is elected and qualified; provided that at the next municipal election there shall be elected one councilman from each ward, who shall serve for a term of four years, and the year next following such an election, at the time of holding the general election for municipal officers, there shall be elected one councilman from each ward, who shall serve for a term of one year, after which election there shall be elected at each succeeding municipal election one councilman from each ward, who shall serve for a period of four years.