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182.410. When any incorporated city containing over threehundred thousand inhabitants shall have decided to establish andmaintain a public library and reading room under this chapter,the mayor of such city shall, with the approval of the citycouncil, proceed to appoint a board of nine directors for thesame, chosen from the citizens at large, with reference to theirfitness for such office; and no member of the municipalgovernment shall be a member of said board; provided, that notmore than five of such directors shall be members of the samepolitical party.
(RSMo 1939 § 14777)Prior revisions: 1929 § 13473; 1919 § 7206; 1909 § 8202
