Section 245.500 – Form of warrants.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.500. Form of warrants. — The warrant thus drawn shall be in the following form, and shall be signed by the president of the board of directors and countersigned by the secretary: Office of levee district No. ______ $______ No. ______ To the treasurer of ______ County, Missouri: Pay out […]
Section 245.505 – Sinking fund moneys may be invested.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.505. Sinking fund moneys may be invested. — Whenever there shall be any money belonging to any levee district set apart as a sinking fund for the payment of bonds, the board of directors of such district shall loan the same for the highest obtainable interest, not exceeding eight nor […]
Section 245.515 – County treasurer to be treasurer of board.
Effective – 28 Aug 1990 245.515. County treasurer to be treasurer of board. — The county treasurer of the county in which the greater part of any organized levee district lies shall be the treasurer of the levee fund of the district, until paid out upon the warrants issued by order of the board of […]
Section 245.520 – Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.520. Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees. — The engineer appointed by the board of directors, under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545, shall receive for his services a sum not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month for the time he is actually employed in field or […]
Section 245.525 – Herding livestock on levee prohibited.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.525. Herding livestock on levee prohibited. — It shall be unlawful for the owner of any livestock to allow the same to use and run upon any levee erected under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545, or to herd any livestock upon said levee during overflows or high water; […]
Section 245.530 – Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.530. Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair. — Any overseer who shall willfully fail or neglect to keep the public road crossings of any levee in his road district in good repair, so as to insure the safety of the levee, or who shall […]
Section 245.540 – Commissions may appropriate swamplands.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.540. Commissions may appropriate swamplands. — The county commission of any county in which a levee district or a part of a district may be organized under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545 may, for the purpose of constructing its levee, appropriate any of its unappropriated swamplands belonging to […]
Section 245.545 – Circuit judge to give penal sections in charge to grand jury.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.545. Circuit judge to give penal sections in charge to grand jury. — It shall be the duty of the judge of the circuit court in any county where levees have been constructed under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545, to give the penal sections of this chapter in […]
Section 245.490 – Board may borrow money.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.490. Board may borrow money. — The directors may borrow money, not exceeding in amount the assessments or annual installments unpaid at the time of borrowing, for the construction of any work which they may be authorized to construct, or for the payment of any indebtedness that they may have […]
Section 245.495 – Board may issue warrants.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 245.495. Board may issue warrants. — The board of directors may, at its option, in lieu of bonds, issue warrants on the county treasurer, payable out of the fund of the levee district, in payment of any indebtedness incurred, including the entire expenses of constructing the levee, repairing or extending […]