478.437. Circuit No. 21, number of judges.
Circuit No. 21, number of judges.
478.437. The circuit court of the county of St. Louis,comprising circuit number twenty-one, shall be composed ofnineteen divisions and nineteen judges and each of the judgesshall separately try causes, exercise the powers and perform allthe duties imposed upon circuit judges.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 2309, 2310, 2318, A. 1949 S.B. 1140, A.L. 1953 p. 398, A.L. 1958 Ex. Sess. p. 166, A.L. 1959 S.B. 96, A.L. 1965 p. 639, A.L. 1971 S.B. 89, A.L. 1975 S.B. 72, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, S.B. 632)Prior revision: 1929 §§ 14611, 14612, 14620
Effective 1-1-79
*This section was also repealed and reenacted by L. 1978 H.B. 1634, but under the provisions of that act, if a greater number of circuit judges for a circuit is authorized by another bill, the other bill was to prevail. Thus, this is the correct version of this section.