Every municipality may enact, make, amend, revise, or repeal all such ordinances, resolutions, and regulations as may be proper and necessary to carry into effect the powers granted thereto, and to provide for the punishment of each violation thereof by a fine not to exceed the fine established by subdivision 22-6-2(2), by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-19-3
Authority to enact, amend, and repeal ordinances and resolutions--Penalties for violation
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case City of Aberdeen v. Meidinger (1975)
Most recently applied in City of Onida v. Brandt & Meyer (April 2021)
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, § 1, subdiv 79; SL 1890, ch 37, art XXII, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 81; RPolC 1903, § 1380; RPolC 1903, § 1438, subdiv 19; SL 1903, ch 90; S…
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