The auditor or clerk shall have ballots printed for the vote upon such referred ordinance or resolution and cause the same to be distributed as other official ballots are distributed.

Such ballots shall conform as near as may be to the law governing the submission of questions by the Legislature, except that the statement required to be printed on the ballots shall be prepared by the city attorney, or if there be no city attorney, by an attorney at law employed by the governing body for that purpose.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 9-20-13

  • 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

All questions to be voted upon at the same election may be submitted upon the same ballot.

Source: SL 1899, ch 94, § 6; RPolC 1903, § 1219; SL 1913, ch 119, § 43; RC 1919, § 6258; SDC 1939, § 45.1015.

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