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The organization of the courts of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
with overlapping jurisdictions. Until the adoption of the constitution of 1875, probate courts were established by special acts. Frequently the probate court of one county had a different jurisdiction from that of another county. The constitution of Missouri...
Encyclopedia of Missouri courthouses
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1981)
"Missouri became a state in 1821, the 24th state to be admitted to the Union and the second state formed from the land acquired in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. By 1861 the state had authorized formation of 114 counties to complete Missouri's present...
Place names in the central counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1928)
This study is an attempt to determine, while the sources are yet available, the origin of the. names of the towns, streams, country schools, and townships of the following central counties of Missouri: Boone, Callaway, Cole, Cooper, Howard, Moniteau...
In Sullivan's shadow : the use and abuse of libel law during the Civil Rights Movement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
. Shattering precedent, the nation's high court constitutionalized libel law with the Sullivan decision, creating a new standard that required public officials to prove "actual malice" and insuring that citizens were free to exercise their First Amendment right...
Missouri's hidden Civil War : financial conspiracy and the decline of the planter elite, 1861-1865
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This dissertation explores a previously unknown Civil War financial conspiracy that backfired and caused a great deal of collateral damage among Missouri's pro-southern population. In 1861, a small group of pro-secession ...
MU Extension District Option Manual (2014)
(University of Missouri--Columbia Extension Division, 2014)
Rules for Missouri Fourth-Class Cities, Second Edition
(University of Missouri Extension, 2008)
Most cities in Missouri are fourth-class cities; some are about as old as the state and others are brand new. The result is an infinite variation in how cities interpret statutes and rules -how one city has always done ...
Department of Law : announcement, 1908-1909
(University of Missouri, 1908)
Reluctant emancipator : James Sidney Rollins and the politics of slavery and freedom in the border south, 1838-1882
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines the career of James Sidney Rollins, a free-soil slave owning politician and lawyer in Missouri, to garner a better understanding ...
The great western land pirate : John A. Murrell in legend and history
(University of Missouri Press, 1981)
counterfeit money like confetti. This research was undertaken in a skeptical spirit akin to that of Marshall many years ago. This book is about the legend and about what really happened, but only in a secondary sense is its purpose to set the record straight...
Place names of six southeast counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1938)
Counties: Pemiscot, Dunklin, New Madrid, Scott, Mississippi, and Stoddard...
"This study is one of a series undertaken to solve the problem of the origin of place-names in the one hundred and fourteen counties of Missouri and the city of St. Louis. This investigation was begun in 1928, and eight studies, covering sixty...
"This study is one of a series undertaken to solve the problem of the origin of place-names in the one hundred and fourteen counties of Missouri and the city of St. Louis. This investigation was begun in 1928, and eight studies, covering sixty...
Annual catalogue of the Missouri University at Columbia, Missouri, 1879-1880
(Carter & Regan, State Printers and Binders, 1880)
Annual catalogue of the University of the State of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri, 1887-1888
(Printer: Tribune Printing Company, State Printers and Binders, 1888)
Facing the pressure : HIPAA hampers health reporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.]
Rules for Missouri Fire Protection Districts
(University of Missouri Extension, 2011)
A general law dating back to the mid-1900s authorized the formation of fire protection districts in Missouri. The purpose of fire protection districts is to "supply protection by any available means to persons and property ...
Rules for Missouri Townships
(University of Missouri Extension, 2007)
In 2007, 22 counties used the township as an organizing tool for local government. Township organization is an option only open to third- and fourth-class counties in the state. This material is current through June 2007. However, laws change...
Handbook for planning commisioners in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division., 1978)
for planning in Missouri on three levels, the city, county, and region. A special interpretation of the Missouri Statutes in the Appendix section will show the parallel in the functions of a city planning commission, a county planning commission, and a regional...
Department of Law : announcement, 1906-1907
(University of Missouri, 1906)
Annual catalogue of the University of the State of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri, 1886-1887
(Printer: Tribune Printing Company, State Printers and Binders, 1887)
A voice for justice : the Tuscaloosa News views the Autherine Lucy incident
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"This study, 'A voice for Justice--The Tuscaloosa News Views the Autherine Lucy Incident,' surveys the news and editorial presentation of the Alabama journal which found itself in the midst of a segregation issue during a ...