Directors - appointment - number - board to be bipartisan.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 182.410
in effect182.410. Directors — appointment — number — board to be bipartisan. — When any incorporated city containing over three hundred thousand inhabitants shall have decided to establish and maintain a public library and reading room under this chapter, the mayor of such city shall, with the approval of the city council, proceed to appoint a board of nine directors for the same, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to their fitness for such office; and no member of the municipal government shall be a member of said board; provided, that not more than five of such directors shall be members of the same political party.
(RSMo 1939 § 14777) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13473; 1919 § 7206; 1909 § 8202
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=182.410Fetched: 10/17/2026