Section 245.255

Title XV LANDS, LEVEES, DRAINAGE, SEWERS AND PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY

Chapter 245

Effective - 28 Aug 1947, highlighted 1    

  245.255.  Change of venue. — No change of venue shall be allowed in any of the proceedings had under the provisions of sections 245.010 to 245.280, except where the judge of the court in which the articles of association have been filed shall be disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statutes of this state relating to the change of venue in civil cases.  If the judge of such court is disqualified or is charged by any person interested in the formation of said district with being disqualified for any of the reasons stated in the statutes, it shall be the duty of said judge to call in a judge from some other judicial circuit of this state to sit and hear the proceedings and render his decree and judgment the same as the regular judge could have.  Such judge shall retain jurisdiction in such reclamation proceedings only until the disqualification of the regular judge of the circuit court shall have been removed.  Said judge so called shall receive for his services mileage and ten dollars per day for each day engaged.  It shall be the duty of the clerk of the court in which the articles of association have been filed to make out and sign a bill for the amount of mileage and per diem of the judge so called in and forward said bill to the state auditor, who shall approve such bill and draw a warrant for such amount on the fund appropriated and set apart by the legislature to pay expenses and salaries of circuit judges.

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(RSMo 1939 § 12526, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 226)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 10936; 1919 § 4630