7-2-7. Name and county seat of consolidated county.
Any new county formed pursuant to this chapter shall take the name of the senior county and the location receiving the highest number of votes, cast at such election in the two or more counties for the county seat of the consolidated county, shall be the county seat of such new county.
Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §7; RPolC 1903, §781; RC 1919, §5760; SDC 1939, §12.0304.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Consolidation And Change Of County Boundaries
Section 7-2-2 - Notice and ballots for election on consolidation or change--General law governing.
Section 7-2-3 - Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change.
Section 7-2-5 - Effective date of consolidation or boundary change.
Section 7-2-7 - Name and county seat of consolidated county.
Section 7-2-9 - Continuation of terms of officers after consolidation of counties.
Section 7-2-10 - First election of county officers after consolidation.
Section 7-2-11 - Legislative representation of consolidated county.
Section 7-2-12 - Property and indebtedness of consolidated counties.
Section 7-2-13 - Revision of commissioner districts after change of county boundaries.
Section 7-2-14 - Transcription of records after change of county boundaries.
Section 7-2-15 - Tax levies, assessments, and retirement of indebtedness after change of boundaries.