Effective 28 Aug 1939
273.120. Examination of applications, pass judgment. — The county commission shall between the first and fifteenth days of March of each year hereafter meet in session to consider and examine said applications and affidavits covering losses over a period of one year, which said year shall be from the first of March of the year prior to the meeting of said commission to the last day of February of the same year on which it meets. The commission shall examine carefully each application and affidavit which has been filed before the first day of March, and after hearing all evidence in the matter shall pass such judgment as the commission may deem equitable. Whenever the county commission meets pursuant to the provisions of sections 273.040 to 273.180 each member shall receive his mileage and per diem out of the county dog license fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14550)