Every city and town in this state having a special charter and containing ten thousand inhabitants or less shall have and is hereby granted power, authority and right to provide, by ordinance, for the erection, establishment and maintenance of a city jail.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 81.090
Establishment and maintenance of city jail (cities of 10,000 or less)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 7467); Prior revisions: 1929 § 7314; 1919 § 8729; 1909 § 9608
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.