Except as otherwise specially provided, the governing body of every municipality shall fix and determine by ordinance or resolution the amount of salaries and compensation of all municipal officers and the times at which the same shall be paid.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-14-28
Salaries and compensation of municipal officers
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case City of Sioux Falls v. Sioux Falls Firefighters, Local 814 (1975)
Most recently applied in Kierstead v. City of Rapid City (December 1976)
Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, § 44; CL 1887, § 1069; SL 1893, ch 129, § 1; SL 1895, ch 144, §§ 1, 2; RPolC 1903, §§ 1256, 1258, 1458; SL 1913, ch 119, § 77; SL 1917, ch 316, § 1; RC…
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