Whenever one–fourth of the freeholders of any township shall petition so to do, the township board of supervisors shall call a special election, to be held in connection with the next regular township election, at which shall be submitted to the voters of the township the question, “Shall this township be resurveyed for taxation purposes?”

Source: SL 1911, ch 240, § 1; RC 1919, § 6052; SL 1923, ch 293; SDC 1939, § 58.0204.