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SD Codified L § 8-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-10 - Order of business at meeting--Procedural rules.

8-3-10. Order of business at meeting--Procedural rules.At the opening of every township meeting the moderator shall state the business to be transacted, and the order in which it shall be entertained, and no proposition to vote a tax shall be acted on out of the order of business as stated by the moderator, and no proposition to reconsider any vote shall be entertained unless such proposition to reconsider is made within one hour from the time such vote was passed, or the motion for such reconsideration is sustained by a number of voters equal to a majority of all the names entered upon the poll list at such election up to the time such motion is made; and all questions upon motions made shall be determined by a majority of the voters voting; and the moderator shall ascertain and declare the result of the votes on each question. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §19; PolC 1877, ch 23, §16; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §20; CL 1887, §721; RPolC 1903, §1013; RC 1919, §6057; SDC 1939, §58.0310.
SD Codified L § 8-3-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-11 - Filing of minutes of meeting.

8-3-11. Filing of minutes of meeting.The minutes of the proceedings of every township meeting, subscribed by the clerk and judges of such meeting, shall be filed in the office of the township clerk within two days after such meeting. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §31; CL 1887, §732; RPolC 1903, §1024; RC 1919, §6064; SDC 1939, §58.0316.
SD Codified L § 8-3-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-12 - Supervisor elected at annual meeting--Representation of county seat town.

8-3-12. Supervisor elected at annual meeting--Representation of county seat town.There shall be elected at such annual township meeting one supervisor, who shall hold his office for the term of three years and until his successor is elected and qualified, the senior member of the board of supervisors to be chairman thereof. In any organized civil township containing an unincorporated platted town which is a county seat, at least one member of such board shall be a resident voter of such town. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §§12, 24; PolC 1877, ch 23, §19; CL 1887, §715; SL 1899, ch 84, §2; RPolC 1903, §1007; SL 1903, ch 136; SL 1905, ch 106; SL 1907, ch 143; SL 1911, ch 221, §1; SL 1913, ch 232, §1; RC 1919, §6048; SL 1933, ch 199; SDC 1939, §58.0302; SL 1941, ch 366; SL 1967, ch 315, §2.
SD Codified L § 8-3-13 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-13 - Additional officers elected at annual meeting--Term of constable.

8-3-13. Additional officers elected at annual meeting--Term of constable.At each annual meeting, a clerk and a treasurer shall be elected, and a constable may be elected. If a constable is elected, the term of office is two years, except to fill vacancies. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §§12, 24; PolC 1877, ch 23, §19; CL 1887, §715; SL 1899, ch 84, §2; RPolC 1903, §1007; SL 1903, ch 136; SL 1905, ch 106; SL 1907, ch 143; SL 1911, ch 221, §1; SL 1913, ch 232, §1; RC 1919, §6048; SL 1933, ch 199; SDC 1939, §58.0302; SL 1941, ch 366; SL 1967, ch 315, §2; SL 1981, ch 44, §13; SL 1990, ch 57.
SD Codified L § 8-3-13.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-13.1 - Offices of the clerk and treasurer combined--Nomination and election--Powers and responsibilities.

8-3-13.1. Offices of the clerk and treasurer combined--Nomination and election--Powers and responsibilities.The voters of each organized civil township with fifty or fewer resident voters may combine the offices of the clerk and treasurer during the annual meeting. If a majority of the voters vote to combine the offices, the combined office of the clerk and treasurer shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as other officers are nominated and elected. Any person elected to the combined office of the clerk and treasurer shall have all of the powers and responsibilities of the offices of the clerk and treasurer. Source: SL 2004, ch 72, §1; SL 2013, ch 34, §1.
SD Codified L § 8-3-14 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-14 - Proclamation of opening of polls, adjournment and closing of polls.

8-3-14. Proclamation of opening of polls, adjournment and closing of polls.Before the voters proceed to elect any township officer, proclamation shall be made at the opening of the polls by the moderator, and proclamation shall in like manner be made of the adjournment, and of the opening and closing of the polls, until the election is ended. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §21; CL 1887, §722; RPolC 1903, §1014; RC 1919, §6058; SDC 1939, §58.0311.
SD Codified L § 8-3-15 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-15 - Method of electing officers.

8-3-15. Method of electing officers.The supervisors, treasurer, clerk, and constable in each township shall be elected by ballot except if there is no opposing candidate. All other officers, if not otherwise provided by law, shall be chosen either by yeas and nays or by a division, as the voters determine. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §24; CL 1887, §725; RPolC 1903, §1017; RC 1919, §6062; SDC 1939, §58.0314; SL 1981, ch 44, §14; SL 2020, ch 25, § 1.
SD Codified L § 8-3-16 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-16 - Conduct of voting by ballot.

8-3-16. Conduct of voting by ballot.When the voters vote by ballot for township officers, a poll list shall be kept by the clerk of the meeting, on which shall be entered the name of each person whose vote is received. The ballot, which may be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, shall include all officers to be elected. It shall contain the name of each person voted for and the office for which such person is intended to be chosen. It shall be delivered by the voter to one of the judges, so folded as to conceal its contents, and the judge shall deposit the ballot in a box provided for that purpose. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §§25 to 27; CL 1887, §§726 to 728; RPolC 1903, §§1018 to 1020; RC 1919, §6063; SDC 1939, §58.0315.
SD Codified L § 8-3-17 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-17 - Canvass and return of voting by ballot.

8-3-17. Canvass and return of voting by ballot.At the close of the election the judges shall proceed publicly to canvass the votes, which canvass, when commenced, shall continue without adjournment or interruption until the same is completed. The canvass shall be conducted by taking one ballot at a time from the ballot box and counting until the number of ballots is equal to the number of names on the poll list, and if there are any left in the box they shall be immediately destroyed; the person having the greatest number of votes for any office shall be declared duly elected. If two or more persons have an equal and the highest number of votes for any office, the judges of election shall at once publicly, by lot, determine which of such persons shall be declared elected. If on opening the ballots two or more ballots are found to be so folded that it is apparent the same person voted them, such ballots shall immediately be destroyed. The canvass having been completed, a statement of the result shall be entered at length by the clerk in the minutes and publicly read by him to the meeting. Such reading shall be deemed notice of the result of the election to every person whose name is entered on the poll list as a voter. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §§28 to 30; CL 1887, §§729 to 731; RPolC 1903, §§1021 to 1023; RC 1919, §6063; SDC 1939, §58.0315.
SD Codified L § 8-3-17.1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-17.1 - Absentee voting.

8-3-17.1. Absentee voting.If nominating petitions are required pursuant to §8-3-1.1, then any voter qualified to vote in a township candidate election may vote by absentee ballot as prescribed in chapter 12-19. Absentee voting shall be allowed for any township ballot question election and shall be conducted as prescribed in chapter 12-19. Source: SL 1998, ch 43, §2; SL 2002, ch 43, §4.
SD Codified L § 8-3-18 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-18 - Notice to persons elected to township office.

8-3-18. Notice to persons elected to township office.The clerk of every township meeting, within ten days thereafter, shall transmit to each person elected to any township office, whose name is not entered on the poll list as a voter, notice of his election. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §31; PolC 1877, ch 23, §24; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §32; CL 1887, §733; RPolC 1903, §1025; RC 1919, §6065; SDC 1939, §58.0317.
SD Codified L § 8-3-19 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-19 - Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to elect officers at annual meeting.

8-3-19. Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to elect officers at annual meeting.If any township refuses or neglects to organize and elect officers at the time fixed by law for holding the annual meeting, twelve resident voters of the township may call a meeting for such purpose by notice published in the same manner as provided for the publication of notice of the annual township meeting. The notice shall set forth the time, place, and object of the meeting; and the voters, when assembled by virtue of such notice, shall possess all the powers conferred upon them at the annual township meeting. Source: SDC 1939, §58.0318; SL 1963, ch 451, §1; SL 2002, ch 44, §4.
SD Codified L § 8-3-20 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-20 - Appointment of officers by county commissioners after failure of township to elect.

8-3-20. Appointment of officers by county commissioners after failure of township to elect.If no such notice is given as provided in §8-3-19 within thirty days after the time for holding the annual meeting, the board of county commissioners shall, on the affidavit of any resident voter of the township, filed in the office of the county auditor setting forth the facts, proceed at any regular or special meeting of the board to appoint the necessary township officers. The persons so appointed shall hold their respective offices until others are elected and qualified in their places, and shall have the powers and be subject to the same duties as if they had been duly elected. Source: SDC 1939, §58.0318; SL 1963, ch 451, §1; SL 2002, ch 44, §5.
SD Codified L § 8-3-21 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 03 - Township Meetings And Elections|Section 8-3-21 - Option to adopt campaign finance law.

8-3-21. Option to adopt campaign finance law.The township governing body may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt the provisions of chapter 12-27. Source: SL 1988, ch 60, §3; SL 2008, ch 67, §19.
SD Codified L § 8-4-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-1 - Eligibility to township office.

8-4-1. Eligibility to township office.Any person qualified to vote at a township meeting is eligible to any township office. No person may hold a township office unless he resides in the township. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §34; CL 1887, §737; RPolC 1903, §1029; RC 1919, §6069; SDC 1939, §58.0401; SL 1984, ch 50, §2.
SD Codified L § 8-4-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-3 - Oath of office of township officers.

8-4-3. Oath of office of township officers.Each person elected or appointed to any township office, shall, within ten days after receiving notice of election or appointment and before entering upon the discharge of the officer's duties, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as required by §3-1-5. Each oath shall be filed in the office of the county auditor by the last day of March. No fee may be charged or received by any officer for administering or filing the oath, or for filing or recording any township officer's official bond. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §§33, 34; PolC 1877, ch 23, §26; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §§35, 36; CL 1887, §§738, 739; RPolC 1903, §§1030, 1031; SL 1909, ch 26; SL 1913, ch 283; RC 1919, §6070; SDC 1939, §58.0402; SL 1974, ch 55, §13; SL 2014, ch 48, §5; SL 2016, ch 45, §4.
SD Codified L § 8-4-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-4 - Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect as petty offense.

8-4-4. Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect as petty offense.The township clerk shall require all legally elected officers, who accept the office to which they are elected, to duly qualify within the time prescribed by law and in accordance with the provisions of law. A township clerk who refuses or neglects to procure and file the bonds of the township officers as prescribed by this section commits a petty offense. Source: SL 1889, ch 128, §2; RPolC 1903, §1038; RC 1919, §6072; SDC 1939, §§58.0606, 58.9907; SL 1981, ch 43, §10.
SD Codified L § 8-4-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-5 - Failure to file oath or bond as refusal of office.

8-4-5. Failure to file oath or bond as refusal of office.If any person elected or appointed to any township office, of whom an oath or bond is required, neglects to file the same within the time prescribed by law, such neglect shall be deemed a refusal to serve in such office. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §42; CL 1887, §747; RPolC 1903, §1041; RC 1919, §6074; SDC 1939, §58.0406.
SD Codified L § 8-4-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-6 - Forfeiture for entry on office without taking oath.

8-4-6. Forfeiture for entry on office without taking oath.If any township officer who is required by law to take an oath of office enters upon the duties of his office before taking such oath, he forfeits to such township the sum of fifty dollars. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §43; CL 1887, §748; RPolC 1903, §1042; RC 1919, §6075; SDC 1939, §58.0407.
SD Codified L § 8-4-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-7 - Term of office of officers.

8-4-7. Term of office of officers.All township officers, except as otherwise expressly provided, shall hold their offices for the term of one year and until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §45; CL 1887, §750; RPolC 1903, §1043; RC 1919, §6076; SDC 1939, §58.0408.
SD Codified L § 8-4-8 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-8 - Salary and compensation of clerk, treasurer, and supervisors.

8-4-8. Salary and compensation of clerk, treasurer, and supervisors.Except as otherwise provided in this section and §1-27-35, the clerk, treasurer, and supervisors may each receive an annual salary, plus compensation for each day necessarily devoted to the discharge of their official duties when attending to business in the township. The voters of each township shall establish the annual salary and the hourly or daily rate of compensation at the annual township meeting. In addition, the clerk, treasurer, and supervisors may also receive mileage compensation at the rate established for state employees by the State Board of Finance when attending to the business of the township. The township board of supervisors shall limit the total amount of salary and compensation that the clerk, treasurer, and any one supervisor may receive in a year. Any salary and compensation limit established by the township board of supervisors does not apply to compensation received for road work. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §80; PolC 1877, ch 23, §71; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §86; CL 1887, §799; SL 1889, ch 126, §1; RPolC 1903, §1092; SL 1907, ch 150; RC 1919, §6112; SL 1919, ch 346; SL 1927, ch 211; SL 1933, ch 200; SDC 1939, §58.0409; SL 1947, ch 415; SL 1951, ch 464; SL 1957, ch 485; SL 1968, ch 18, §3; SL 1971, ch 53; SL 1974, ch 69, §1; SL 1977, ch 66; SL 1982, ch 70; SL 1983, ch 50; SL 1991, ch 66, §1; SL 2014, ch 48, §6.
SD Codified L § 8-4-10 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-10 - Acceptance and notice of resignation by township officer.

8-4-10. Acceptance and notice of resignation by township officer.The board of supervisors may, for sufficient cause shown, accept the resignation of any township officer and thereupon it shall give notice thereof to the township clerk. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §46; CL 1887, §751; RPolC 1903, §1044; RC 1919, §6077; SDC 1939, §58.0410.
SD Codified L § 8-4-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-11 - Filling of vacancy in township office.

8-4-11. Filling of vacancy in township office.If any township fails to elect any township officer, or if any person elected to an office fails to qualify by refusing to serve in such office or by not being a registered voter or by not having residence in the township, or if any vacancy happens in any office from death, resignation, removal from the township, or other cause, the board of supervisors, or a majority of them, shall fill the vacancy by appointment, by warrant under their hands. Any person so appointed shall hold his office until the next annual township meeting and until his successor has been elected and qualified. Such person shall have the same power and be subject to the same duties and penalties as if he had been duly elected. The township clerk according to §8-6-6 shall prescribe the oath or affirmation of office required by §31-1-5 and require the person so appointed to qualify pursuant to §§8-4-3 and 8-4-4. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §47; CL 1887, §752; RPolC 1903, §1045; RC 1919, §6078; SDC 1939, §58.0411; SL 1974, ch 153, §5; SL 1993, ch 68.
SD Codified L § 8-4-12 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 04 - Township Officers|Section 8-4-12 - Vacancy in board filling vacancies.

8-4-12. Vacancy in board filling vacancies.If for any cause any member of the appointing board prescribed by §8-4-11 is unable to act, the remaining members of such appointing board shall select a voter of the township to act in his place, and the board so constituted shall proceed as required by §8-4-11. Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §48; CL 1887, §753; RPolC 1903, §1046; RC 1919, §6079; SDC 1939, §58.0412.
SD Codified L § 8-5-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 05 - Township Board Of Supervisors|Section 8-5-1 - Time and place of regular meetings.

8-5-1. Time and place of regular meetings.The township board of supervisors shall hold regular meetings on the last Tuesday of February, the last Tuesday of March, and the last Tuesday of October, of each year. The meetings shall be held at the office of the township clerk or the location established in §8-3-1 at a time determined by the board. If any two supervisors submit a written statement signed by them not less than twelve days before the meeting requesting that the next regular meeting be held at a different time, the township clerk shall give notice of the time and place of the meeting as provided by §8-3-1. In case of inclement weather, any required township meeting may be rescheduled for the following Tuesday at the same place and location without additional publication in the newspaper and meeting requirements provided in §1-25-1.1. Source: SL 1887, ch 155, §§1, 2; CL 1887, §§765, 766; SL 1899, ch 85, §1; RPolC 1903, §§1057, 1058; SL 1907, ch 242; RC 1919, §§6080, 6081; SL 1931, ch 261, §2; SDC 1939, §58.0501; SL 1955, ch 426; SL 1981, ch 62; SL 1989, ch 70, §2; SL 2014, ch 48, §8.
SD Codified L § 8-5-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 05 - Township Board Of Supervisors|Section 8-5-2 - Business at board meetings--Special meetings--Filing of business with clerk.

8-5-2. Business at board meetings--Special meetings--Filing of business with clerk.At each regular meeting, the board shall perform the duties required of it by law and transact any other business that may legally come before it. The board may adjourn from time to time. The township clerk or the chairman of the board of township supervisors may call special sessions if the interests of the township demand it upon giving three days' notice of such session by mailing a copy of such notice to each of the supervisors at their several post office addresses or by giving such notice to each supervisor by telephone. It shall be the duty of all persons having business to transact with the board to appear before such board at any regular meeting, or file such business with the clerk to be laid before the board by him at its next meeting. Source: SL 1887, ch 155, §§3, 6, 7; CL 1887, §§767, 770, 771; RPolC 1903, §§1059, 1062, 1063; RC 1919, §§6082 to 6084; SDC 1939, §58.0501; SL 1955, ch 426; SL 1985, ch 56, §1.
SD Codified L § 8-5-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 05 - Township Board Of Supervisors|Section 8-5-3 - Quorum at meetings of board.

8-5-3. Quorum at meetings of board.Except as otherwise specifically provided any two of the supervisors shall constitute a quorum for the performance of any duties required by law of the supervisors. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §61; PolC 1877, ch 23, §35; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §63; CL 1887, §775; RPolC 1903, §1069; RC 1919, §6092; SDC 1939, §58.0510.
SD Codified L § 8-5-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 8 - Townships|Chapter 05 - Township Board Of Supervisors|Section 8-5-4 - General powers of board--Orders for disbursement of funds.

8-5-4. General powers of board--Orders for disbursement of funds.The board shall have charge of such affairs of the township as are not by law committed to other officers; and it shall have power to draw orders on the township treasurer for the disbursement of such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of defraying the incidental expenses of the township and for all money raised by the township to be disbursed for any other purpose. As to any power conferred upon a township when the manner of exercising the same is not otherwise specifically provided, the same shall be exercised by such board, which may by bylaw provide the details necessary for such exercise. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §48; PolC 1877, ch 23, §32; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §60; CL 1887, §772; RPolC 1903, §1064; RC 1919, §6085; SDC 1939, §58.0502.