8-2-10. Powers restricted to those expressly granted.
No organized township shall possess or exercise any powers except such as are enumerated in this chapter, or are especially given by law or are necessary to the exercise of the powers so enumerated or granted.
Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §9; PolC 1877, ch 23, §8; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §9; CL 1887, §712; RPolC 1903, §1004; RC 1919, §6045; SDC 1939, §58.0202.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 02 - Powers And Obligations Of Organized Townships
Section 8-2-1 - General corporate and regulatory powers.
Section 8-2-2 - Transactions and conveyances in township name.
Section 8-2-3 - Proceedings by and against township in township name.
Section 8-2-6 - Township public library services.
Section 8-2-7 - Liability insurance purchased by township.
Section 8-2-8 - Regulatory powers of township containing unincorporated town.
Section 8-2-10 - Powers restricted to those expressly granted.
Section 8-2-11 - Publication of township bylaws and changes--Effect.
Section 8-2-12 - Remedies for trespass on township lands.
Section 8-2-14.1 - Deferred compensation program for volunteer advanced life support personnel.
Section 8-2-15 - Regulation and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries.
Section 8-2-16 - Enrollment in group health, life, and disability income insurance plans--Premiums.