Mo. Rev. Stat. § 65.560: Failure of appointed officers to qualify — annexation of townships.

Whenever it shall be made to appear to the county commission that the township officers appointed by them, as provided in section 65.550, shall have failed to qualify as required by law, so that such township cannot become organized, the county commission may annex such township to any adjoining township, and said township so annexed shall thereafter constitute a part of said adjoining township, unless changed by the county commission under the provisions of this chapter.