S.D. Codified Laws § 8-1-24
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Abolition of township organization on approval by voters--Abstract of votes--Delivery of township property to county auditor
Official statutory text
If a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of abolishing such civil township organization, it shall be abolished. The clerk of such township shall forthwith transmit to the county auditor, a statement of such action, together with an abstract of the number of votes cast for and against such proposition at such election. Within thirty days after the holding of such election the officers of such township shall deliver to the county auditor all township books, moneys, papers, and personal property of every kind, and shall thereupon cease to be such officers.
Source: SL 1897, ch 117, §§ 3, 4; RPolC 1903, §§ 1165, 1166; RC 1919, § 6151; SDC 1939, § 58.0116.
Source: SL 1897, ch 117, §§ 3, 4; RPolC 1903, §§ 1165, 1166; RC 1919, § 6151; SDC 1939, § 58.0116.
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