The board of trustees of a municipality consists of either three or five members elected at large. Each member must be a legal voter of the municipality in accordance with § 9-14-2. The number of trustees of a municipality may be increased to five or reduced to three in the manner prescribed by chapter 9-11.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-7-1
Composition and election of board--Qualifications of trustee--Change in number
Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, § 15; CL 1887, § 1036; SL 1895, ch 182, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1431; SL 1905, ch 170; SL 1907, ch 243; RC 1919, § 6196; SL 1933, ch 151; SDC 1939, § 45.060…
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