246.090. Form of notice of meeting.
Form of notice of meeting.
246.090. 1. Whenever the board of supervisors at a regular or specialmeeting deems it expedient and necessary for the best interest of the districtthat tax anticipation warrants be issued for the purposes stated in section246.080, they shall enter in the minutes of the meeting an order setting forththe expediency and necessity directing the secretary to draw up a notice whichshall be substantially in the following form:
Notice to landowners in ......... drainage district. All landowners in......... drainage district are hereby notified that a meeting of such will beheld on the ......... day of ........., 20...., .... o'clock, at ......... forthe purpose of voting on the proposition of authorizing the board ofsupervisors to issue tax anticipation warrants, bearing ......... percentinterest. The warrants to be used for the purpose of ......... for .........dollars, payable as follows: .......... By order of the board ofsupervisors.
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Secretary.
2. The secretary shall cause the notice to be published by three weeklyinsertions in some newspaper in the county containing the district or thegreatest portion thereof, or in some adjoining county if none in containingcounty, the last insertion to be not less than ten days before the date set.The publisher shall file proof of publication with the secretary before theday set for meeting. Upon filing of the proof by the secretary, the noticeshall be conclusively deemed sufficient and legal notice of publicationthereof. At the day set each landowner may cast one vote for each acre orfraction thereof owned by him for or against the proposition of issuing thewarrants as set out in the notice. If two-thirds of the acres in the districtare voted for the proposition, then the tellers shall so certify to the board,and the board shall make an order to the secretary to duly enter the resultsin the records of the district. Thereafter the board shall proceed to issuethe authorized tax anticipation warrants as authorized.
(RSMo 1939 § 12615, A.L. 1961 p. 463)Prior revision: 1929 § 11026