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Section 9-29-26 – Family day care homes–Regulation and standards of care.

9-29-26. Family day care homes–Regulation and standards of care. Notwithstanding the provisions of §§26-6-14.1 and 26-6-14.2, any municipality may provide for the regulation of family day care homes and may adopt standards of care including but not limited to the qualifications of personnel engaged in providing family day care homes; requirements relating to safety, sanitation, […]

Section 9-29-14 – Fences and party walls.

9-29-14. Fences and party walls. Every municipality shall have power to regulate partition fences and party walls. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 48; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 48; SL 1913, ch 119, §53, subdiv 48; RC 1919, §6169 (28); SDC 1939, §45.0201 (49).

Section 9-29-15 – Interference with radio reception.

9-29-15. Interference with radio reception. Every municipality shall have power to regulate the installation and operation of motors and other electrical or mechanical devices so as to prevent interference with radio reception. Source: SL 1929, ch 196; SDC 1939, §45.0201 (50).

Section 9-29-16 – Police powers of mayor, commissioners, and town marshals.

9-29-16. Police powers of mayor, commissioners, and town marshals. The mayor of a first or second class municipality having a common council, each member of a board of city commissioners, and each town marshal shall possess, within the jurisdiction of the municipality, all the powers conferred by law upon sheriffs to suppress disorder and keep […]

Section 9-29-17 – Mayor’s power to summon aid in preserving order.

9-29-17. Mayor’s power to summon aid in preserving order. The mayor of every first or second class municipality shall have the power, when necessary, to call upon every inhabitant of the municipality over the age of eighteen years to aid in enforcing the laws and ordinances, and to call out any organized militia within the […]

Section 9-29-18 – Duties of chief of police.

9-29-18. Duties of chief of police. The chief of police shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the governing body for the preservation of the peace. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art XIII, §1; RPolC 1903, §1282; SL 1913, ch 119, §101; RC 1919, §6301; SL 1923, ch 239, §1; SDC 1939, §45.1133.

Section 9-29-19 – Powers of policemen–Arrest.

9-29-19. Powers of policemen–Arrest. All policemen of any municipality shall possess the powers of constables. They may pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the state, and when performing the duties aforesaid may arrest and detain any person guilty of any breach of the peace or any violation of the […]

Section 9-29-20 – Powers of sheriff or constable within municipality.

9-29-20. Powers of sheriff or constable within municipality. The sheriff or any constable of the county or counties in which the municipality is situated may serve any process or make any arrest authorized to be made by any municipal officer. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §6; RPolC 1903, §1233; SL 1913, ch 119, […]