Mo. Rev. Stat. § 72.220
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72.220 Procedure — form of ballot to be used.
Official statutory text
72.220. Procedure — form of ballot to be used. — 1. Whenever twenty-five percent of the voters of such adjoining cities in adjoining counties shall petition their respective county commissions to order the submission of the question on the consolidation of such cities into one city, said county commissions at their next regular or special term of said commissions shall order the submission of the question to the voters.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall ______ and ______ consolidate?
(RSMo 1939 § 7836, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) Prior revision: 1929 § 7691
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall ______ and ______ consolidate?
(RSMo 1939 § 7836, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) Prior revision: 1929 § 7691
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