The following shall be deemed township charges:

(1) The compensation of township officers for services rendered their respective township;

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(2) Contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the township;

(3) The money authorized to be raised by the vote of the township meeting for any township purpose;

(4) Every sum directed by law to be raised for any township purpose;

but no tax for township purposes shall exceed the amount voted to be raised at the annual meeting.

Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, § 100; CL 1887, § 813; RPolC 1903, § 1107; RC 1919, § 6122; SDC 1939, § 58.0815.