State Ex Rel. Sprague v. City of St. Joseph

SEILER, Chief Justice.

These cases come to the writer on reassignment. They involve the question of whether sections 341.010 through 341.080,1 inclusive, pertaining to plumbers and plumbing, apply to the city of St. Joseph, a *875constitutional home rule charter city.2 We hold that they do not by virtue of Art. VI, Sec. 22, which prohibits the general assembly from creating any municipal office or employment or fixing the powers, duties or compensation thereof, for any city framing its own charter under the home rule charter provisions of the constitution.

Sections 341.010 through 341.080,…