The homestead shall be marked off by fixed and visible monuments and platted, unless the same shall embrace the whole of a subdivision or lot, and in giving the description thereof, then marked off and platted as aforesaid, the direction and distance of the starting point from some corner of the dwelling house shall be stated.

Source: SL 1874-5, ch 37, § 11; PolC 1877, ch 38, § 11; CL 1887, § 2459; RPolC 1903, § 3227; RC 1919, § 462; SDC 1939, § 51.1712.