Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.220

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21.220 Expenses paid out of what fund.

Official statutory text

21.220. Expenses paid out of what fund. — All costs and expenses of proceedings, including the necessary expenses of any officer in executing any writ or process of either house or of a joint meeting, and all witness fees, shall be paid:

(1) By the party charged, if so adjudged, and payment may be enforced by execution; or

(2) Out of the contingent fund of the house in which the proceedings are held; or

(3) In case of a joint meeting out of the contingent funds of both houses as the houses by concurrent resolution provide.

(RSMo 1939 § 12871, A.L. 1957 p. 595) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11246; 1919 § 7129; 1909 § 8125

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