Section 8-1-27 – Surplus funds expended for road work after abolition of township organization.
8-1-27. Surplus funds expended for road work after abolition of township organization. At its first meeting after any township ceases to be a civil township as provided by this chapter, the board of county commissioners shall expend all money in the hands of the county treasurer to the credit of such township, in excess of […]
Section 8-1-28 – Township with real property or bonded indebtedness not permitted to abolish organization.
8-1-28. Township with real property or bonded indebtedness not permitted to abolish organization. The provisions of §§8-1-23 to 8-1-27, inclusive, relating to abolishing of township organizations shall not apply to any township having an outstanding bonded indebtedness nor to any township owning any real property. Source: SL 1897, ch 117, §7; RPolC 1903, §1169; RC […]
Section 8-1-29 – Reestablishment of township–Reestablishment defined.
8-1-29. Reestablishment of township–Reestablishment defined. Any township may be reestablished pursuant to §§8-1-29 to 8-1-32, inclusive, if such township contains at least five resident voters. For the purposes of §§8-1-29 to 8-1-32, inclusive, the term, reestablishment, means organizing a township that has been dissolved. Source: SL 2004, ch 71, §1.
Section 8-1-17 – Powers of board of adjustment–Criteria for adjustment.
8-1-17. Powers of board of adjustment–Criteria for adjustment. The board of adjustment may determine and declare what portion of the bonded or other indebtedness of the original township shall be assumed and paid by each of the new townships so organized, and also to ascertain and determine what sum either of the new townships shall […]
Section 8-1-18 – Filing of determination by board of adjustment–Binding effect.
8-1-18. Filing of determination by board of adjustment–Binding effect. A written statement of the determination of such board, signed by the members or a majority thereof shall be filed with the township clerk of each of the newly organized townships and also with the county auditor, which determination, when so filed, shall be binding upon […]
Section 8-1-19 – Compensation of board of adjustment.
8-1-19. Compensation of board of adjustment. Each member of the board of adjustment shall receive a sum not to exceed thirty dollars per day for each day employed in the discharge of his duties. The sum shall be paid in equal portions by the townships represented by the board. Source: SL 1890, ch 34, §15; […]
Section 8-1-20 – Petition for separation of village from civil township–Contents and number of signers.
8-1-20. Petition for separation of village from civil township–Contents and number of signers. Whenever in any civil township, whether such civil township is or is not coextensive in area with a congressional township, containing an area platted, developed, and occupied as a village in which reside more than twenty-five percent of the legal voters of […]
Section 8-1-11 – Name of merged township or newly separated township.
8-1-11. Name of merged township or newly separated township. Any civil township so formed by merger of townships or by separation from the original township shall be named in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of the legal voters of the new township; but if they fail to designate a name, or the […]
Section 8-1-12 – First annual meeting in newly separated township.
8-1-12. First annual meeting in newly separated township. The board of county commissioners shall designate suitable places in each new civil township so formed for holding the first annual township meeting. Notice of the time and place of holding the annual township meeting shall be given by the township clerk of the township so divided […]
Section 8-1-13 – Continuation of civil township from which separation made.
8-1-13. Continuation of civil township from which separation made. The civil township, a division of which has been declared as hereinbefore provided, shall continue as previously organized, and the officers thereof shall hold their offices until the next annual township meeting, at which meeting there shall be elected in each of the new townships so […]