11 chapters · 151 sections in this title.
SDCL § 8-2-1 General corporate and regulatory powers
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Each organized township in the state is a body corporate and has power: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or other lawful means, real property within or without the limits of the township, necessary or convenient for township purposes, or for the …
SDCL § 8-2-10 Powers restricted to those expressly granted
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No organized township shall possess or exercise any powers except such as are enumerated in this chapter, or are especially given by law or are necessary to the exercise of the powers so enumerated or granted. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51 , § 9; PolC 1877, ch 23, § 8; SL 1883, ch 112…
SDCL § 8-2-11 Publication of township bylaws and changes--Effect
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No bylaw made by any township shall take effect before the publication thereof for three consecutive days in a daily, or for two consecutive weeks in a weekly newspaper of general circulation in said township; and such bylaws, duly made and so published, are binding upon all pers…
SDCL § 8-2-12 Remedies for trespass on township lands
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Whenever any action is brought to recover a penalty imposed for any trespass committed on the lands belonging to the township, if it appears on the trial thereof that the actual amount of injury to such lands in consequence of such trespass exceeds the sum of twelve dollars and f…