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Section 9-33-4 – Regulation of building construction–Fire escapes.

9-33-4. Regulation of building construction–Fire escapes. Every municipality shall have power to prescribe the manner of constructing buildings, structures, and the walls thereof, and to require and regulate the construction of fire escapes on buildings. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 49; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 49; SL 1909, ch 50; SL […]

Section 9-34-3 – Inspection of weights and measures.

9-34-3. Inspection of weights and measures. Every municipality shall have power to provide for the inspection and sealing of weights and measures and to enforce the keeping of proper weights and measures by vendors. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 40, 41; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 40, 41; SL 1913, ch 119, […]

Section 9-33-4.2 – Copy of code kept on file–Availability to public.

9-33-4.2. Copy of code kept on file–Availability to public. The city auditor or town clerk shall keep and maintain a master copy of said code including all future deletions, modifications, and amendments which may be adopted by the governing body, and the same shall be available and subject to public inspection at all times. Source: […]

Section 9-34-5 – Municipal regulation of food sales.

9-34-5. Municipal regulation of food sales. Every first or second class municipality shall have power: (1)To regulate the place of sale and selling of meats, poultry, fish, cheese, lard, vegetables, and similar provisions; (2)To regulate the sale and prescribe the weight and quality of bread. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 36 […]

Section 9-33-5 – Electrical wiring and appliances–Gas fittings and appliances.

9-33-5. Electrical wiring and appliances–Gas fittings and appliances. Every municipality shall have power to regulate the construction and installation of and to provide for the inspection of electrical wiring and appliances and of gas piping, fittings, and appliances, and to provide the fees to be paid for such inspection. The exercise of such powers shall […]

Section 9-34-7 – Transient merchants, auctioneers, and bankrupt stores.

9-34-7. Transient merchants, auctioneers, and bankrupt stores. Each municipality may license, tax, and regulate transient merchants, auctioneers, transient, bankrupt, and auction stores, and stores of like nature, gift enterprises, and any business or vocation of like character. However, the municipality may exempt from any such licensure, taxation, or regulation a transient merchant who is retailing […]

Section 9-32-17 – Records of sales–Deeds and perpetual care certificates.

9-32-17. Records of sales–Deeds and perpetual care certificates. The auditor or clerk shall maintain adequate records for the sale of burial spaces and for the sale of perpetual care. The municipality shall issue deeds for sale of burial spaces and certificates of purchase for perpetual care. Source: SL 1971, ch 71, §6.

Section 9-32-18 – Perpetual care trust fund–Crediting of income.

9-32-18. Perpetual care trust fund–Crediting of income. Payments for perpetual care shall be permanently set aside in a trust fund, and only the income from the trust fund investments shall be used for the care and maintenance of the cemetery. Income from perpetual care investments shall be credited to the cemetery maintenance account as maintained […]