The files in this item are the clerk's docket of the Circuit Court of Boone County from 1842-1882, the index of cases that took place before the Circuit Court of Boone County from 1821-1903, and the actual case files from the Circuit Court of Boone...

to be aware of these special situations and of which fence law is in place in counties where they own land. This guide answers common questions about these laws."--First page....

to be aware of these special situations and of which fence law is in place in counties where they own land. This guide answers common questions about these laws. The information in this guide is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute...

to be aware of these special situations and of which fence law is in place in counties where they own land. This guide answers common questions about these laws....

. 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...

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 ...

[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI--COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.]

General overview of the organization of Missouri state government prepared by David C. Valentine for the Missouri Legislative Academy.

This study examines the attitudes of journalists at small newspapers toward market-driven journalism. The researcher queried 29 journalists at nine small Missouri newspapers. The author employed qualitative method using ...

This thesis examines the role that the schisms in the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches played in the sectional crisis in Missouri. As a result of the research demonstrated within this thesis, it becomes apparent ...

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines post-World War II student civil rights activism at two Midwestern college campuses, the University of Missouri (MU) and the University...

Cambio de Colores as a yearly event aims to strengthen the networks of community organizers, extension professionals, academics, and public and private-sector institutions focused on communities that are changing as a ...