South Dakota Codified Laws 46A-6-10. Prior supplemental contracts with United States validated
Any contract between the United States and any irrigation district made before February 9, 1939, as a contract supplementing or amending any original contract between the United States and any irrigation district, and which original contract was entered into pursuant to the laws of the State of South Dakota governing the making of a contract between the United States and an irrigation district, and which supplementary or amendatory contract was not authorized at an election of the district electors and thereafter judicially confirmed by a court of competent jurisdiction, is hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed as a valid and subsisting contract of such irrigation district.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 46A-6-10
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Source: SL 1939, ch 293, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 61.0847-1; SDCL, § 46-14-10.