245.080. Organization of board--to make annual report--compensation.
Organization of board--to make annual report--compensation.
245.080. 1. The board of supervisors immediately aftertheir election shall choose one of their number president of theboard, and elect some suitable person secretary, who shall serveuntil his successor is elected, accepts the office and qualifies,and who may or may not be a member of the board. Such boardshall adopt a seal with a suitable device and shall keep a recordof all its proceedings, which shall be open to the inspection ofall owners of real estate and other property herein described ofthe district, as well as to all other interested parties. Theboard shall report to the landowners at the annual meeting heldunder the provisions of section 245.070 what work has been doneeither by the engineers or otherwise. The members of the boardshall receive, for attending to business for and on behalf ofsaid district, actual transportation expenses, which shall beaudited by the board before payment.
2. At the annual meeting called by the board of supervisorsunder the provisions of section 245.070, the owners shall set thecompensation to be received by the members of the board for theirservices while actually engaged in work for the district;provided, however, that if the secretary be a member of the boardhe shall be compensated as provided for in section 245.090.
(RSMo 1939 § 12501, A.L. 1981 H.B. 251)Prior revisions: 1929 § 10911; 1919 § 4605