Section 31-14-42 - Hearing on petition for vehicle bridge across navigable rivers--Appropriationof half of cost. - South Dakota Statutes

31-14-42. Hearing on petition for vehicle bridge across navigable rivers--Appropriation of half of cost. At the time appointed for the hearing of a petition under § 31-14-41 the board of county commissioners shall investigate the need for such bridge and, finding the same to be demanded for the accommodation of the traveling public, shall by resolution duly entered upon the minutes of such board appropriate toward the building of such bridge, from the county treasury, a sum not exceeding one-half of the estimated cost of such bridge, to be paid as provided in § 31-14-43. Such appropriation shall be conditioned upon a sufficient bond or guaranty of the remaining one-half or more, as the case may be, of the costs of such bridge. But the consent of the general government to span such river must first be obtained.

Source: SL 1887, ch 18, § 1; CL 1887, § 1239; RPolC 1903, § 1644; RC 1919, § 8689; SDC 1939, § 28.1420.