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An Act to incorporate the Inhabitants of the town of St. Louis. 1834-1835 28 (1834)

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CONVENTION.-CORPORATION OF. ST. LOUIS.

column shall be headed for ratifying, and the recond column shall be headed for
rejecting; the names of all qualified voters, who shall vote as aforesaid, for ratifying
or rejecting the aforesaid constitution, shall be inserted itl the appropriate columns
of the said book, and returns shall be made in conformity to the provisions of
this act.
1 12. It shall be the duty of the governor to lay before the general assembly, at
their first regular session after said election, the returns of said election, and if it
shall appear to said general assembly in joint meeting that a majority of all the
votes given at the election have ratified the proposed constitution, it shall be so
resolved, and thereupon the proposed constitution shall become the constitution
of this state, and the former constitution shall be wholly abolished.
Approved, January 6th, 1 835.
CONVENTION.
An act suPidemental to an act, to provide for the call of a Convention.
Be it enacted by tho General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
§ 1. In case there shall be a convention called, to form. a new        constitution   for
this state, it shall be the duty of the governor, to ordels an election in each new
county, which has or may be orglinized, at this present session; and upon such
order, each new county shall be entitled to elect one member to said convention.
Approved, March 9th, 1835.
CORPORATION OF ST. LOUIS.
An act to incorporate the Inhabitants of the town of St. Louis.
a. Eslablishes the bounderles or the city of St. Louis.
2. Mayor, aldermen and citizens invested with corpotate powers, as a body politic and corporate,
3. How the city to be divided into wards.
4. Five companies; how cstablished.
5. In whomn the powers or the corporation rested.
6. Mayor; how elected, and term of service.
7, & 0. Quatlinctions of mayor.
9. How the oflice may become vacated.
10. The number of aldermen from each ward.
11. How elected.
12. Their qualifications.
13. Ceasing to he a freeholder, ofka vacated.
14.  All officers to reside in the city.
15. Removing from city, office vacated.
1. The election of mayor, how settled.
17. The election of aldermen, how settled.
I0. Contested elections, how settled.
19. Vacancies in board of aldermen, how filled.
20. Vacancies in the mayoralty, bow filled.
31. Mayor removable for misemoanor . how.

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