Mayor or board may inspect books and records of officers.

79.350. The mayor or board of aldermen shall have power, asoften as he or they may deem it necessary, to require any officerof the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers or records,and to make report to the board of aldermen, in writing, touchingany matter relating to his office.

(RSMo 1939 § 7106)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 6956; 1919 § 8407; 1909 § 9309