No claim against any municipality shall be allowed or paid for making improvements for the benefit of private individuals within the corporate limits nor in third class municipalities for grading, draining, or bridging outside of the corporate limits, without a majority vote of all the voters of the municipality.

Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, § 25; CL 1887, § 1046; RPolC 1903, § 1444; SL 1907, ch 1; RC 1919, § 6346; SDC 1939, § 45.1411; SL 1992, ch 60, § 2.