S.D. Codified Laws § 17-2-3
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Status as legal newspaper unaffected by consolidation
Official statutory text
The consolidation or union of any two or more newspapers, any or all of which were before such consolidation legal newspapers as defined in § 17-2-2.1 , does not affect the legality of the newspaper formed by the consolidation. The consolidated newspaper shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements prescribed for a legal newspaper and to be a legal newspaper as defined in § 17-2-2.1 .
Source: SL 1895, ch 131; RPolC 1903, § 1850; RC 1919, § 7069; SL 1919, ch 250; SL 1937, ch 185; SDC 1939, § 65.0508; SL 1939, ch 298; SL 1943, ch 318; SL 1968, ch 271; SL 1987, ch 29, § 8.
Source: SL 1895, ch 131; RPolC 1903, § 1850; RC 1919, § 7069; SL 1919, ch 250; SL 1937, ch 185; SDC 1939, § 65.0508; SL 1939, ch 298; SL 1943, ch 318; SL 1968, ch 271; SL 1987, ch 29, § 8.
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