2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE X TAXATION AND REVENUE
Chapter 141 Delinquent Taxes--First Class Counties and St. Louis City
Section 141.730. Officers of land trust--bond--oath (first class charter counties).

141.730. 1. Such land trustees shall meet immediately after all three have been appointed and qualified and shall select a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and an assistant secretary, who need not be a trustee.

2. Such trustees shall each furnish a surety bond in a penal sum not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars to be approved by the collector, the premium on such bond to be advanced by the collector out of the county funds. Such bond must be issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the state of Missouri, which bond shall be deposited with the county clerk of such county, and shall be conditioned to guarantee the faithful performance of their duties hereunder, and shall be written to cover all the trustees.

3. Before entering upon the duties of his office, each trustee shall take and subscribe to the following oath: State of Missouri,)

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I, . . . ., do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Missouri; that I will faithfully and impartially discharge my duties as a member of the Land Trust of . . . . County, Missouri; that I will, according to my best knowledge and judgment, administer such tax delinquent lands held by me in trust, according to the laws of this state and for the benefit of the public bodies and the tax bill owners which I represent, so help me God.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subscribed and sworn to this . . . . . . . . . . . . day of . . . . . . . ., 20. My commission expires: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Notary Public

(L. 1943 p. 1029 38)

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