Every municipality shall have power to regulate or prohibit the running at large of dogs, animals, and poultry, to establish pounds, appoint poundmasters, and regulate the impounding of animals, and to impose a tax or license on dogs running at large.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, § 1, subdiv 65; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 65; RPolC 1903, § 1438, subdiv 5, 17; SL 1907, ch 86; SL 1913, ch 119, § 53, subdiv 65; SL 1913, ch 120; RC 1919, § 6169 (37), (38); SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (47).