8-5-1. Time and place of regular meetings. The township board of supervisors shall hold regular meetings on the last Tuesday of February, the last Tuesday of March, and the last Tuesday of October, of each year. The meetings shall be held at the office of the township clerk or the location established in §8-3-1 at […]
8-5-10. Hearing de novo on appeals–Judgment and order of circuit court. All appeals taken as prescribed by §8-5-8 shall be heard and determined de novo. The circuit court may make a final judgment and cause the same to be executed or may send the same back to the board of township supervisors with an order […]
8-5-11. Appeals to Supreme Court. An appeal to the Supreme Court from the final judgment of the circuit court shall be permitted as provided for in civil cases. Source: SL 1961, ch 454, §3.
8-5-12. Appeal cumulative to other remedies. The provisions of §§8-5-8 to 8-5-11, inclusive, shall be cumulative to any existing remedies, proceedings, or actions available against township and township officers. Source: SL 1961, ch 454, §4.
8-5-13. Firearms regulation prohibited–Action by attorney general. No township may pass an ordinance that restricts or prohibits, or imposes any tax, licensure requirement, or licensure fee on the possession, storage, transportation, purchase, sale, transfer, ownership, manufacture, or repair of firearms or ammunition or their components. Any ordinance prohibited by this section is null and void. […]
8-5-14. Supervisor names and phone numbers to be posted on township website . A county official of any county that maintains an official website shall post thereon the name and phone number of each person serving on a board of township supervisors within the county. Source: SL 2019, ch 52, §1.
8-5-2. Business at board meetings–Special meetings–Filing of business with clerk. At each regular meeting, the board shall perform the duties required of it by law and transact any other business that may legally come before it. The board may adjourn from time to time. The township clerk or the chairman of the board of township […]
8-5-3. Quorum at meetings of board. Except as otherwise specifically provided any two of the supervisors shall constitute a quorum for the performance of any duties required by law of the supervisors. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §61; PolC 1877, ch 23, §35; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §63; CL 1887, §775; RPolC 1903, […]
8-5-4. General powers of board–Orders for disbursement of funds. The board shall have charge of such affairs of the township as are not by law committed to other officers; and it shall have power to draw orders on the township treasurer for the disbursement of such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of […]
8-5-5. Prosecution of actions for benefit of township–Trespass on township property. The board shall, in the name of the township, prosecute for the benefit of the township all actions upon bonds given to it and shall also sue for and collect all penalties and forfeitures in respect to which no other provision is made, incurred […]
8-5-6. Equalization of township assessments. The township board of supervisors shall perform the duties of a board of equalization of township assessments, as provided in the section of this code relating to assessment and taxation. Source: SL 1897, ch 28, §36; RPolC 1903, §1091; RC 1919, §6091; SDC 1939, §58.0509.
8-5-8. Appeals from board of supervisors–Time for taking–Service and filing of notice. From all decisions, orders, and resolutions of the boards of supervisors of townships, there shall be allowed an appeal by any person aggrieved thereby upon compliance with this section. Such appeals shall be taken within twenty days after the publication of the decision, […]
8-5-9. Transcript filed by board on appeals–Settlement and framing of issues. Within thirty days after the service of such notice of appeal, the board of supervisors of the township shall cause to be filed with the clerk of courts a transcript of the proceedings of such board relative to the decision, order, or resolution being […]
