245.255. Change of venue.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Change of venue.

245.255. No change of venue shall be allowed in any of theproceedings had under the provisions of sections 245.010 to245.280, except where the judge of the court in which thearticles of association have been filed shall be disqualified forany of the reasons stated in the statutes of this state relatingto the change of venue in civil cases. If the judge of suchcourt is disqualified or is charged by any person interested inthe formation of said district with being disqualified for any ofthe reasons stated in the statutes, it shall be the duty of saidjudge to call in a judge from some other judicial circuit of thisstate to sit and hear the proceedings and render his decree andjudgment the same as the regular judge could have. Such judgeshall retain jurisdiction in such reclamation proceedings onlyuntil the disqualification of the regular judge of the circuitcourt shall have been removed. Said judge so called shallreceive for his services mileage and ten dollars per day for eachday engaged. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court inwhich the articles of association have been filed to make out andsign a bill for the amount of mileage and per diem of the judgeso called in and forward said bill to the state auditor, whoshall approve such bill and draw a warrant for such amount on thefund appropriated and set apart by the legislature to payexpenses and salaries of circuit judges.