Section 9-29-21 – Salaried police receiving fees for criminal process as misdemeanor.
9-29-21. Salaried police receiving fees for criminal process as misdemeanor. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any chief of police or other policeman receiving a salary for services to charge or receive any fee or compensation for the service of any process issued out of any court of this state in any criminal case. […]
Section 9-29-22 – Costs in unsuccessful prosecutions for ordinance violations.
9-29-22. Costs in unsuccessful prosecutions for ordinance violations. In any action prosecuted by the city attorney for the violation of any municipal ordinance, if unsuccessful, the municipality shall pay the costs. Source: SL 1907, ch 191, §25; SL 1909, ch 176, §12; SL 1915, ch 151, §1; RC 1919, §6314; SDC 1939, §45.1141; SL 1947, […]
Section 9-29-23 – Release and remission of penalties for ordinance violations.
9-29-23. Release and remission of penalties for ordinance violations. The mayor in first or second class municipalities having a common council, and the governing body in all other municipalities may release any person imprisoned for violation of any ordinance or remit any fine or penalty for violation thereof, the reasons therefor being made a matter […]
Section 9-29-24 – Municipal jail–Use of county jail.
9-29-24. Municipal jail–Use of county jail. Every municipality shall have power to establish, maintain, and regulate a jail or, with the consent of the board of county commissioners, to use the county jail for the confinement of persons charged with or convicted of the violation of any ordinance. Source: SL 1903, ch 94; SL 1913, […]
Section 9-29-25 – City workhouse–Purposes for which used.
9-29-25. City workhouse–Purposes for which used. Every first or second class municipality shall have power to establish, maintain, and regulate a city jail, house of correction, and workhouse for the confinement and reformation of disorderly persons, vagrants, tramps, and idle persons, and persons convicted of violating any ordinance of the municipality, and appoint necessary jailers […]
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 9-30-1 – Utility openings and lights in streets and alleys.
9-30-1. Utility openings and lights in streets and alleys. Every municipality shall have power to regulate openings in streets or alleys for laying of gas or water mains, sewers, tunnels, and drains, and the erecting of gas or electric lights. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 13; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 13; […]
Section 9-30-2 – Regulation of use of public places–Cleaning–Obstructions and encroachments.
9-30-2. Regulation of use of public places–Cleaning–Obstructions and encroachments. Every municipality shall have power to regulate the use of sidewalks, streets, alleys, wharves, parks, and public grounds, to provide for cleaning the same, to prevent and remove obstructions and encroachments upon the same, to prevent injury to the same, to regulate or prevent any practice […]
Section 9-29-3 – Prohibition of disorders and disturbances.
9-29-3. Prohibition of disorders and disturbances. Every municipality shall have power to provide for keeping and preserving the peace and quietness of the municipality, to prevent disorderly conduct, to prohibit public intoxication, and to prevent and suppress riots, affrays, noises, disturbances, and disorderly assemblies in any place. Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §22, subdiv 12; […]
Section 9-29-4 – Disorderly houses and houses of ill fame.
9-29-4. Disorderly houses and houses of ill fame. Every municipality shall have power to suppress bawdy or disorderly houses and houses of ill fame. Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, §1, subdiv 34; RPolC 1903, §1229, subdiv 34; SL 1907, ch 94; SL 1913, ch 119, §53, subdiv 34; RC 1919, §6169 (57); SDC […]