The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last is a holiday and then it also is excluded.

Fractions of a day are to be disregarded in computations which include more than one day, and involve no questions of priority.

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Source: SDC 1939, §§ 65.0402, 65.0403.