2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 105.140. — State auditor may require officers to furnish statistics, penalty for failure.

105.140. It shall be the duty of the town, city and county officers in this state, when called upon by the state auditor to do so, to report, on blanks furnished by the state auditor, statistical information concerning dramshops, wine and beer saloons, costs in criminal cases, salaries paid county officers, costs of assessing and collecting the revenue, the debts of counties and cities, and such other information as will be of general interest when published. The state auditor shall prepare and cause to be printed proper blanks for carrying the provisions of this section into effect, and shall supply the proper officers with such blanks once in each year; and the officer required to fill up said blanks shall do so within thirty days, and forward the same to the state auditor, who shall tabulate the information, and publish such part of the same in his biennial report to the general assembly as he may deem of importance. Any person failing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

(RSMo 1939 § 11457)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10165; 1919 § 12667; 1909 § 11230

CROSS REFERENCE: Public officials shall permit audit--penalty for refusal, RSMo 26.070, 26.080