Section 8-6-5 – Custody, preservation, and destruction of township records.
8-6-5. Custody, preservation, and destruction of township records. If no other provision is made by law, the township clerk shall duly file and safely keep all records and papers required by law to be filed by the township clerk. However, the township clerk may destroy any record which the records destruction board, acting pursuant to […]
Section 8-6-6 – Oaths administered and acknowledgments taken by clerk.
8-6-6. Oaths administered and acknowledgments taken by clerk. The township clerk is authorized to administer all oaths and take all acknowledgments of instruments authorized or required by law. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §64; CL 1887, §776; RPolC 1903, §1070; RC 1919, §6096; SDC 1939, §58.0605.
Section 8-6-7 – Filing annual fiscal report.
8-6-7. Filing annual fiscal report. The township clerk shall file the annual fiscal report of the township with the county auditor pursuant to §6-9-1 by the last day of March of the year immediately following the close of the township’s fiscal year. Source: SL 1993, ch 69, §3; SL 2014, ch 48, §10.
Section 8-6-8 – Filing record of notice of injury.
8-6-8. Filing record of notice of injury. The township clerk shall file for the township pursuant to §3-21-3 any record of notice of injury received by the township. Source: SL 1993, ch 69, §4.
Section 8-7-1 – Bond required of treasurer.
8-7-1. Bond required of treasurer. Any person elected or appointed to the office of township treasurer, before the person enters the office, shall give to the county a bond, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the office, paid for by the township, and with a surety company authorized to conduct business in […]
Section 8-7-2 – Custody of township money–Accounting.
8-7-2. Custody of township money–Accounting. The township treasurer shall receive and take charge of all money belonging to the township or which is by law required to be paid into the township treasury, and shall pay over and account for the same upon the order of the township or the officers thereof duly authorized in […]
Section 8-7-3 – Forfeiture of costs and expenses for failure to comply with law.
8-7-3. Forfeiture of costs and expenses for failure to comply with law. Each township treasurer, who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of §8-7-2, shall forfeit not more than the amount the township was required to expend in costs and expenses due to the failure of the treasurer to comply with the law […]
Section 8-9-1 – Contracts unlawful unless made at board meeting.
8-9-1. Contracts unlawful unless made at board meeting. All contracts made by any civil township officer or supervisor, in his capacity as such officer, except contracts made at a regular or special meeting of the civil township board, shall be deemed unlawful and not binding upon such civil township. Source: SL 1897, ch 40, §1; […]
Section 8-5-11 – Appeals to Supreme Court.
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.
Section 8-5-12 – Appeal cumulative to other remedies.
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.