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 1913, ch 119 , § 53, subdiv 49; RC 1919, § 6169 (29); SL 1925, ch 240 ; SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (55).