Every municipality shall have power to prohibit and punish cruelty to animals.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, § 1, subdiv 58; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 58; SL 1913, ch 119, § 53, subdiv 58; RC 1919, § 6169 (39); SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (46).