After twenty days from the adoption and publication of the resolution referred to in § 31-13-40, unless the referendum be invoked, pursuant to § 31-3-14, or unless a written protest has been filed with the township clerk and signed by the owners of more than fiftyfive percent of the frontage of property liable to assessment, the board of supervisors may cause the improvement to be made, may contract therefor, and may levy and collect special assessments therefor as provided in this chapter. Any proceedings taken prior to the adoption of the resolution shall be deemed ratified.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 31-13-41

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2

Source: SL 1979, ch 197, § 8; SL 2021, ch 43, § 22.