8-5-4. General powers of board--Orders for disbursement of funds.
The board shall have charge of such affairs of the township as are not by law committed to other officers; and it shall have power to draw orders on the township treasurer for the disbursement of such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of defraying the incidental expenses of the township and for all money raised by the township to be disbursed for any other purpose. As to any power conferred upon a township when the manner of exercising the same is not otherwise specifically provided, the same shall be exercised by such board, which may by bylaw provide the details necessary for such exercise.
Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §48; PolC 1877, ch 23, §32; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §60; CL 1887, §772; RPolC 1903, §1064; RC 1919, §6085; SDC 1939, §58.0502.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 05 - Township Board Of Supervisors
Section 8-5-1 - Time and place of regular meetings.
Section 8-5-2 - Business at board meetings--Special meetings--Filing of business with clerk.
Section 8-5-3 - Quorum at meetings of board.
Section 8-5-4 - General powers of board--Orders for disbursement of funds.
Section 8-5-5 - Prosecution of actions for benefit of township--Trespass on township property.
Section 8-5-6 - Equalization of township assessments.
Section 8-5-8 - Appeals from board of supervisors--Time of taking--Service and filing of notice.
Section 8-5-9 - Transcript filed by board on appeals--Settlement and framing of issues.
Section 8-5-10 - Hearing de novo on appeals--Judgment and order of circuit court.
Section 8-5-11 - Appeals to Supreme Court.
Section 8-5-12 - Appeal cumulative to other remedies.
Section 8-5-13 - Firearms regulation prohibited--Action by attorney general.
Section 8-5-14 - Supervisor names and phone numbers to be posted on township website.