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Statutes > Missouri > T07 > C078 > 78_706City to be divided into five wards, procedure.
78.706. If a majority of the votes cast on the question ofadoption are in favor of adopting the optional form of governmentprovided in sections 78.700 to 78.720, the existing council shallby ordinance divide the city into five wards of approximatelyequal population. The council shall then assign an arbitrarydesignation to each ward and shall cause a lot to be drawn foreach ward designated from among the five lots, numbered onethrough five. The wards shall thereafter be known as wards one,two, three, four and five according to the lot drawn for each.
(L. 1985 H.B. 244 § 3)
