Opinion No. (1986)

Dear Representative Wyrick:

This letter is in response to your question asking:

Does the term "taxable inhabitants" in § 80.020 RSMo 1978 include or exclude persons who are not residents within the area proposed as a town or village, even though such persons own taxable property within the area proposed as a town or village?

The statement of facts in your opinion request indicates that the Camden County Commission has been petitioned to form a village in the Horseshoe Bend area of Camden County, Missouri. You state that there are approximately three thousand, eight hundred (3,800) people or…