South Dakota Codified Laws 9-29-17. Mayor’s power to summon aid in preserving order
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The mayor of every first or second class municipality shall have the power, when necessary, to call upon every inhabitant of the municipality over the age of eighteen years to aid in enforcing the laws and ordinances, and to call out any organized militia within the county in which the municipality is situated, in suppressing riots and other disorderly conduct, or carrying into effect any law or ordinance, subject to the authority of the Governor as commander in chief thereof.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 9-29-17
- ordinance: as used in this title shall mean a permanent legislative act of the governing body of a municipality within the limits of its powers. See South Dakota Codified Laws 9-19-1
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art III, § 11; RPolC 1903, § 1192; SL 1913, ch 119, § 27; RC 1919, § 6280; SDC 1939, § 45.1113; SL 1981, ch 44, § 33; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.