Understanding Missouri's Constitutional Government

Index

Index 157 Absence from the state: doctrine regarding governor, 95–96 Administration, Office of, 103–4, 141 Adversarial system, 107 Agriculture, Department of, 100 Amendments: to constitution of Missouri, 144; by initiative, 144 Appellate Judicial Commission, 121 Appropriation bills: timing of, 75 Appropriations committees: General Assembly, 63; House of Representatives, 63 Articles of Confederation, 1, 2 Assessor: county official, 125 Associate Circuit Judges, 118–19 Attorney general, Missouri: defined, 88–89, 90; note on absence from constitution, 98 Auditor, state: defined, 89, 90; in constitution, 96–97; and Hancock Amendment, 140 Balanced budget, 141 Ballot, secrecy, 135 Banks: government can’t have, 144 Bill of Rights, Missouri Constitution: general welfare, 22; Missouri sovereignty, 24; religious freedom, 25–27; limits on religious freedom, 26–27; religious practice, 27; separation of church and state, 27; public aid for religious purpose denied, 28; freedom of speech, 28–30; due process of law defined, 30; peaceable assembly and petition, 30; no debt for imprisonment, 31; contracts, 32; ex post facto laws, 32; habeas corpus, 32; open court defined, 33; search and seizure, 33–34; grand juries defined, 34; criminal indictments use of, 34–35; rights of accused, 35; selfincrimination and double jeopardy, 36–37; bail guaranteed, 37; trial by jury defined, 37–38; female jurors exempted, 38–39; keep and bear arms, 39–40; subordination of military, 40; right of suffrage, 40; eminent domain defined, 41–42; compensation, 43; labor organizing, 43; treason defined, 44; limits on confiscation of estates, 44; criminal victims’ rights, 44–46; marriage defined, 46; English as state language, 46 Board of Education, State, 105, 136 Board of Fund Commissioners, 87, 98 Board of Public Buildings, 87 Bonds: control on, 76–77; building, 76; and education institutions, 77 Bonds, revenue, 131 Brennan, William, 20 Budget committee, 63 Casework, 54 Caucus officers: of parties in legislature, 62 Chief of state: governor as, 83–84 Circuit Clerk: to Associate Judge, 126 Cities and Towns, 126–30; villages, 126; classification of, 126, 129; trustees of villages, 126; government forms, 126–27; charter cities, 126, 128, 130; Classes 3 and 4, 126; special districts, 127; special charters, 127; finances, 130–31 Civil law: defined, 52 Clay County, 112 158 Index Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline, 119–20 Committees: review of bureaucracy, 53– 54; postaudit reviews, 54; committee system, 62–64; appropriations committees, 63; budget committee, 63; special committees, 63; standing committees, 63; Senate committees, 63–64; House committees, 64; joint committees, 64 Conference Committee: executive sessions, 66; public hearings, 66; substitute bill, 66; votes to pass bills, 67; conference committee, 68–69; of legislature, 68–69; and bill consideration, 74 Conservation Department: use tax for, 101–2; independence of, 105 Constitution of Missouri: four constitutions, 10, 12; Drake constitution, 10; 1820 Constitution, 11; 1865 constitution, 10–11; 1945 constitution, 12; of neighbors, 12; Figure 1.1, 13; contrast with U.S. constitution, 13–15; contrast with other states, 16; Figure 1.2, 16; preamble to, 18; source of power, 21–22. See also Bill of Rights Constitution of 1875, 145 Constitution of 1945, 145, 146 Constitution of United States: compromises of 1787, 3; five “loopholes,” 6; Fourteenth Amendment, 8, 10, 23, 30, 31; Bill of Rights, 10; Tenth Amendment, 15; supremacy clause, 15, 20–21; character of, 18, 19; First Amendment, 19, 20; regarding speech, 29 Continental Congress, 2 Coordinating Board of Higher Education, 104 Coroner, county, 125 Corporations: defined, 143; right of eminent domain, 143; right of trial by jury, 143 Corrections, Department of, 105 Council-Manager: form of local government, 126–27 County Aid Road Trust Fund: and highway department, 100 County assessor, 125 County clerk, 125; and secretary of state, 125 County collector, 125 County government, 124–26; property assessment and, 124; classification of, 124, 128; chartered counties, 124, 128; Classes 1, 2, 3, and 4, 124, 128; nonchartered counties, 125; elected officials, 125–26; and Election Commission, 126; and Salary Commission, 126; in constitution, 128–30 County prosecutor, 126 Court of Appeals: in system, Figure 5.1, 109; defined, 110; term of office, 110; divisions of, 110, 115, 117; threejudge panels, 110, 117; appointment by Missouri Plan, 110, 120–21; organization and structure, 117; Court Reforms: 1976, 113–14 Criminal law: defined, 52 Declaration of Independence, 22 Delegate: legislator as, 57 Drake Constitution, 1865, 10 Economic constituencies: of legislators, 56 Economic Development, Department of, 100 Election Commission: St. Louis and Kansas City metropolitan areas, 88; defined, 125 Eminent domain: defined, 41–42; and compensation, 42; and corporations, 143 Employees...