Missouri Revised Statutes Title IV. Executive Branch § 26.060. Governor to select auditors

The governor may at any time, when in his judgment the public interest of the state will be conserved, select competent auditors or accountants to audit the accounts of any department, office, commission, board, bureau, institution, or any subdivision of the state; also road districts, school districts, townships, municipalities and counties receiving for or from the state any money.