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Section 9-38-1 – Municipal authority to maintain facilities and issue bonds–Limitations on campgrounds and tourist accommodations.

9-38-1. Municipal authority to maintain facilities and issue bonds–Limitations on campgrounds and tourist accommodations. Each municipality may establish, improve, maintain, and regulate public parks, public squares, parkways, boulevards, swimming pools, camping, and other related facilities within or without the municipality, and to issue its bonds therefor, as provided by this title. A municipality may establish […]

Section 9-38-2 – Municipal power to preserve trees and inclose public ground.

9-38-2. Municipal power to preserve trees and inclose public ground. Every municipality shall have power to plant and provide for the care and preservation of trees upon public grounds and along the streets and to inclose any public ground. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §22, subdiv 15; CL 1887, §1043, subdiv 15; SL 1890, ch […]

Section 9-38-3 – Agreements with and grants from federal agency.

9-38-3. Agreements with and grants from federal agency. Every municipality shall have the power to enter into agreements with and receive grants from the United States Bureau of Outdoor Recreation or its successor. Source: SDC Supp 1960, §45.0201-1 (24) as added by SL 1965, ch 211, §1.

Section 9-38-4 – Bonding power for park improvements.

9-38-4. Bonding power for park improvements. Every municipality shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the corporation for the purpose of constructing buildings and making improvements for public parks, and to issue its negotiable bonds therefor in the manner provided by law. Source: SL 1933 (SS), ch 14; SDC 1939, §45.2535.

Section 9-36-9 – Municipal acquisition of lands within established stream boundaries.

9-36-9. Municipal acquisition of lands within established stream boundaries. If the boundary lines of said river or stream so established according to said survey shall include lands not included within the bed of said river or stream, said municipality shall have the power to acquire such lands or a perpetual easement therein for public use […]

Section 9-36-10 – Improvement of stream boundaries–Land acquisition outside boundaries.

9-36-10. Improvement of stream boundaries–Land acquisition outside boundaries. Any municipality having established the boundary lines of any river or stream as provided in §§9-36-2 to 9-36-7, inclusive, is authorized to improve the same by retaining walls, walks, and driveways, and if it is necessary for said purpose to include lands outside the boundary lines of […]