7-26-1. County monument to veterans–Maintenance and repair. The board of county commissioners may erect in a suitable place a monument suitable to honor and perpetuate the memory of all American veterans from the county. The board shall provide continued maintenance and repair of the monument. Source: SL 1907, ch 232, §1; RC 1919, §5844; SDC […]
7-26-3. Acquisition of historic sites and objects of historic interest–Preservation and display–Historic site markers. The board of county commissioners may, in its discretion, acquire without cost to the county historic sites located in said county and objects of historic interest including newspapers, magazines, and writings of historical interest of any sort or type whatsoever, and […]
7-26-5. Construction, improvement, and operation of historical museums. The board of county commissioners may provide for the acquisition of sites, purchase, erection, renovation, improvement, remodeling, alteration, operation, addition to, and repairing of county historical museums, or a historical museum owned by an incorporated nonprofit historical association or society, or a historical museum owned by the […]
7-26-6. Cemeteries subject to county maintenance. For the purposes of §7-26-7 the term “abandoned cemetery” means a cemetery, in which no burial of a human body has taken place for five years and which has not been, for a period of five or more years, maintained by any person, church, religious or benevolent society, or […]
7-26-7. Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries–Cemetery board of directors–Appointment–Powers–Reports–Appropriations. The board of county commissioners may regulate and maintain abandoned rural cemeteries. The regulation and maintenance shall include, but is not limited to, the mowing and cutting of weeds and grass, the repairing of fences and corrective measures relative to grave markers. The board of […]
