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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.050

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88.050 Condemnation of property — confirmation or rejection of report.

Official statutory text

88.050. Condemnation of property — confirmation or rejection of report. — The city shall, by ordinance, confirm or reject the report mentioned in section 88.047 within thirty days after delivery of the said certified copy to the city clerk and shall file a certified copy of such ordinance with the clerk of the circuit court within ten days after the taking effect of such ordinance. Failure of the city to take action upon such report within the time limited shall be deemed a rejection of same. If such report is rejected in either manner, the proceedings shall be dismissed and no proceedings to condemn any of said property for the same or any similar purpose shall be instituted by the city within two years after the rejection of the report, unless upon the petition of the owners of three-fourths of the property fronting on the line of the proposed improvement.

(RSMo 1939 § 6393, 6394, 6763, 7492, A. 1949 H.B. 2036) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 6271, 6272, 6636, 7339; 1919 §§ 7774, 7775, 8124, 8753; 1909 §§ 8688, 8689

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