Except as otherwise specifically provided all sums used for improving any public park, parkway, road, boulevard, or street under the control of the board and all sums required for the general expenses of such board and for other park purposes shall be paid out of moneys appropriated from the general fund of the first or second class municipality and shall be appropriated and expended in the same manner as other money is appropriated and expended by the governing body.

Source: SL 1915, ch 260, § 59; SL 1917, ch 305, § 5; RC 1919, § 6502; SDC 1939, § 45.2534; SL 1967, ch 223, § 2; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.