The board of county commissioners shall have full power to settle and adjust all claims and accounts existing between such municipality and the civil township or townships of which the same formed a part previous to its incorporation. It shall immediately proceed to settle and adjust such claims and accounts with due regard for the interests of all concerned.

Source: CL 1887, § 1030; SL 1901, ch 74, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1425; RC 1919, § 6181; SDC 1939, § 45.0311.