81.020. Special charter cities may take census, when. - Missouri Statutes

Special charter cities may take census, when.

81.020. Any town or city within this state, now incorporatedunder and by virtue of any special or local law, and in which thecitizens thereof desire incorporation as a city of any specialclass under the general laws of this state, and believe thatsince the taking of the last census, state or national, there hasbeen sufficient increase in population to entitle it to beincorporated as a city of a higher class than they would beentitled to under said last census, may, by authority of anordinance, and at the expense of such town or city, cause to betaken a census of its population; and should such census, when sotaken, show that the town or city taking the same has therequisite population to entitle it to become a city of the classdesired, then such town or city may proceed to secure suchincorporation as its population may entitle it to under and byauthority of the provisions of chapter 72, RSMo.

(RSMo 1939 § 7435)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 7282; 1919 § 8698; 1909 § 9576