Every municipality shall have power to regulate openings in streets or alleys for laying of gas or water mains, sewers, tunnels, and drains, and the erecting of gas or electric lights.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art V, § 1, subdiv 13; RPolC 1903, § 1229, subdiv 13; SL 1913, ch 119, § 53, subdiv 12; RC 1919, § 6357; SDC 1939, § 45.0201 (79).