Effective - 28 Aug 1939
91.280. Board and manager liable on bond for neglect. — The board of waterworks commissioners and the manager of the waterworks system shall be liable on their bonds for any willful or negligent misappropriation of the moneys or properties of the waterworks system, and no part of the said moneys or properties shall be diverted from the depositary selected as provided in sections 91.090 to 91.300, nor shall the city council or other officers of the city have any power to divert the same, and the city, or any holder of the bonds issued under said sections, may at any time enjoin the misappropriation or waste of the funds of the waterworks system, or may by mandamus proceeding compel the raising of sufficient funds to comply with the provisions of section 91.230, or the performance of any other duty enjoined on them. Any money recovered from any member of the board of waterworks commissioners, or the manager of such waterworks plant, or any sureties on their bonds, for failure to perform their official duties, or for the misapplication of any of the money or properties of the waterworks system, shall be paid into the depositary selected under sections 91.090 to 91.300.
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(RSMo 1939 § 7825)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7680; 1919 § 9118; 1909 § 9943