If the trustees fail to call the municipal election, a majority of the trustees then in office, or any associate circuit judge of the county in which said town or village is situated, may call the election.
§ 80.560, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 7294, A. 1949 H.B. 2030, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634
Effective 8/13/1978 (H.B. 971) 1/2/1979 (H.B. 1634)