Section 9-3-14 – Recording and filing of canvass of votes on incorporation–Registry maintained by secretary of state.
9-3-14. Recording and filing of canvass of votes on incorporation–Registry maintained by secretary of state. The officers of any municipality organized under this title shall cause to be filed within thirty days thereafter in the office of the register of deeds of the county a certified copy of the canvass of the votes showing the […]
Section 9-3-17 – Term of office for elected officials.
9-3-17. Term of office for elected officials. Each official elected at the first election shall hold office until the first Monday in May next following or until a successor is elected and qualified. Source: SDC 1939, §45.0313; SL 1981, ch 44, §17; SL 1986, ch 65; SL 1999, ch 37, §4.
Section 9-3-18 – Election by plurality at first election–Tie vote–Certificate as to persons elected.
9-3-18. Election by plurality at first election–Tie vote–Certificate as to persons elected. The person having the highest number of votes respectively for each office to be filled shall be declared elected. In case of a tie the inspectors of such election shall forthwith determine by lot which shall be deemed elected. The inspectors shall subscribe […]
Section 9-3-19 – Recording by county auditor of certificate of election.
9-3-19. Recording by county auditor of certificate of election. It shall be the duty of the county auditor to record in his office all certified statements concerning the election of officers, upon the organization of municipal corporations of the third class, required to be filed therein by the inspectors of such election. Source: PolC 1877, […]
Section 9-3-20 – Regularity of incorporation questioned only by state.
9-3-20. Regularity of incorporation questioned only by state. The regularity of the organization of any acting municipality shall be inquired into only in an action or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the state. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §53; CL 1887, §1078; RPolC 1903, §1467; RC 1919, §6159; SDC 1939, §45.0111.
Section 9-3-21 – Validation of prior incorporation of municipalities.
9-3-21. Validation of prior incorporation of municipalities. In all cases where application has, before July 1, 1939, been made for the organization of a municipality and such municipality has assumed to act as a municipality, the organization thereof is hereby in all things legalized, ratified, and declared valid, notwithstanding any errors, omissions, or informalities therein. […]
Section 9-3-22 – Municipality for historical or educational purposes authorized–Recording of plat.
9-3-22. Municipality for historical or educational purposes authorized–Recording of plat. Any domestic corporation chartered under the laws of the State of South Dakota for historical or educational purposes, which qualifies as a tax exempt corporation under the laws of the State of South Dakota, may form and name a municipal corporation upon land owned by […]
Section 9-3-23 – Name of historical or educational municipality.
9-3-23. Name of historical or educational municipality. Any such municipal corporation established under §9-3-22 shall be named by the corporation forming the same and shall be known as an “historical municipality” or an “educational municipality.” Source: SL 1970, ch 55, §6.
Section 9-3-4 – Survey, map, and census available for public inspection.
9-3-4. Survey, map, and census available for public inspection. Such survey, map, and census when completed and verified shall be left at some convenient place within the proposed municipality for a period of not less than thirty days for examination by those having an interest in such application. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §3; CL […]
Section 9-3-5 – Voters’ petition as application for incorporation–Number of signers required–Contents of petition–Presentation to county commissioners.
9-3-5. Voters’ petition as application for incorporation–Number of signers required–Contents of petition–Presentation to county commissioners. The application for incorporation of a proposed municipality shall be by a petition verified by the circulator and signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified voters who are either registered voters in the proposed municipality or landowners […]