Classes enumerated--Population groups

The three classes of municipal corporations are: (1) Municipalities of the first class: municipal corporations with a population of five thousand and over; (2) Municipalities of the second class: municipal corporations with a population between five hundred and four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine; (3) Municipalities of the third class: municipal corporations with a population of fewer than five hundred. Source: SL 1899, ch 61 , § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1179; RC 1919, §§ 6164 to 6167; SDC 1939, § 45.0102; SL 1992, ch 60 , § 1; SL 2024, ch 28 , § 14.