A sale under this chapter must be at public auction between the hours of nine o’clock in the forenoon and five o’clock in the afternoon on that day, in the county in which the premises to be sold, or some part thereof, are situated, and must be made by the sheriff of such county, or his deputy, to the highest bidder.

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Source: CCivP 1877, § 602; CL 1887, § 5416; SL 1891, ch 84; RCCivP 1903, § 641; RC 1919, § 2881; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.3005.