233.170. County commissions may form districts. - Missouri Statutes

County commissions may form districts.

233.170. 1. County commissions of counties not undertownship organization may divide the territory of theirrespective counties into road districts, and every such districtorganized according to the provisions of sections 233.170 to233.315 shall be a body corporate and possess the usual powers ofa public corporation for public purposes, and shall be known andstyled "...... road district of ....... County", and in that nameshall be capable of suing and being sued, of holding such realestate and personal property as may at any time be either donatedto or purchased by it in accordance with the provisions ofsections 233.170 to 233.315, or of which it may be rightfullypossessed at the time of the passage of sections 233.170 to233.315, and of contracting and being contracted with as hereinprovided.

2. Districts so organized may be of any dimensions that maybe deemed necessary or advisable, except that every districtshall be included wholly within the county organizing it andshall contain at least six hundred and forty acres of contiguousterritory; provided, that the county commissions shall not havepower to divide the territory within the corporate limits of acity having a population of one hundred fifty thousand into suchroad district.

(RSMo 1939 § 8710)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 8061; 1919 § 10833; 1909 § 10611