Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 9
Public Holidays
Section 9.040
August 28, 2008
Missouri Day, date of--how observed.
9.040. The third Wednesday of October of each year is known
and designated as "Missouri Day" and is set apart as a day
commemorative of Missouri history to be observed by the teachers
and pupils of schools with the appropriate exercises. The people
of the state of Missouri, and the educational, commercial,
political, civic, religious and fraternal organizations of the
state of Missouri are requested to devote some part of the day to
the methodical consideration of the products of the mines,
fields, and forests of the state and to the consideration of the
achievements of the sons and daughters of Missouri in commerce,
literature, statesmanship, science and art, and in other
departments of activity in which the state has rendered service
to mankind.
(RSMo 1939 § 15316, A.L. 1957 p. 725, A.L. 1969 S.B. 70)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14226; 1919 § 5852
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