8-1-13. Continuation of civil township from which separation made.
The civil township, a division of which has been declared as hereinbefore provided, shall continue as previously organized, and the officers thereof shall hold their offices until the next annual township meeting, at which meeting there shall be elected in each of the new townships so organized, by the legal voters thereof, all the township officers provided by law.
Source: SL 1890, ch 34, §11; RPolC 1903, §997; RC 1919, §6038; SDC 1939, §58.0111.