Section 8-3-18 – Notice to persons elected to township office.
8-3-18. Notice to persons elected to township office. The clerk of every township meeting, within ten days thereafter, shall transmit to each person elected to any township office, whose name is not entered on the poll list as a voter, notice of his election. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §31; PolC 1877, ch 23, §24; […]
Section 8-3-19 – Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to elect officers at annual meeting.
8-3-19. Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to elect officers at annual meeting. If any township refuses or neglects to organize and elect officers at the time fixed by law for holding the annual meeting, twelve resident voters of the township may call a meeting for such purpose by notice published in the […]
Section 8-3-20 – Appointment of officers by county commissioners after failure of township to elect.
8-3-20. Appointment of officers by county commissioners after failure of township to elect. If no such notice is given as provided in §8-3-19 within thirty days after the time for holding the annual meeting, the board of county commissioners shall, on the affidavit of any resident voter of the township, filed in the office of […]
Section 8-3-21 – Option to adopt campaign finance law.
8-3-21. Option to adopt campaign finance law. The township governing body may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt the provisions of chapter 12-27. Source: SL 1988, ch 60, §3; SL 2008, ch 67, §19.
Section 8-3-10 – Order of business at meeting–Procedural rules.
8-3-10. Order of business at meeting–Procedural rules. At the opening of every township meeting the moderator shall state the business to be transacted, and the order in which it shall be entertained, and no proposition to vote a tax shall be acted on out of the order of business as stated by the moderator, and […]
Section 8-3-11 – Filing of minutes of meeting.
8-3-11. Filing of minutes of meeting. The minutes of the proceedings of every township meeting, subscribed by the clerk and judges of such meeting, shall be filed in the office of the township clerk within two days after such meeting. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §31; CL 1887, §732; RPolC 1903, §1024; RC […]
Section 8-3-12 – Supervisor elected at annual meeting–Representation of county seat town.
8-3-12. Supervisor elected at annual meeting–Representation of county seat town. There shall be elected at such annual township meeting one supervisor, who shall hold his office for the term of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified, the senior member of the board of supervisors to be chairman thereof. In any organized […]
Section 8-3-13 – Additional officers elected at annual meeting–Term of constable.
8-3-13. Additional officers elected at annual meeting–Term of constable. At each annual meeting, a clerk and a treasurer shall be elected, and a constable may be elected. If a constable is elected, the term of office is two years, except to fill vacancies. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §§12, 24; PolC 1877, ch 23, §19; […]
Section 8-3-13.1 – Offices of the clerk and treasurer combined–Nomination and election–Powers and responsibilities.
8-3-13.1. Offices of the clerk and treasurer combined–Nomination and election–Powers and responsibilities. The voters of each organized civil township with fifty or fewer resident voters may combine the offices of the clerk and treasurer during the annual meeting. If a majority of the voters vote to combine the offices, the combined office of the clerk […]
Section 8-3-14 – Proclamation of opening of polls, adjournment and closing of polls.
8-3-14. Proclamation of opening of polls, adjournment and closing of polls. Before the voters proceed to elect any township officer, proclamation shall be made at the opening of the polls by the moderator, and proclamation shall in like manner be made of the adjournment, and of the opening and closing of the polls, until the […]