Section 7-21-17 - Contracts exceeding maximum tax levy void--Personal liability of consentingofficers--Consent presumed unless dissent recorded. - South Dakota Statutes

7-21-17. Contracts exceeding maximum tax levy void--Personal liability of consenting officers--Consent presumed unless dissent recorded. Every contract made in violation of the provisions of § 7-21-16 shall be null and void in regard to any obligation thereby purported to be imposed on the county, but every such officer who makes or participates in making or authorizes the making of any such contract shall be individually liable for its performance.
Every such officer present when such unlawful contract is made, or authorized to be made shall be deemed to have participated in the making or authorization thereof, as the case may be, unless he dissents therefrom and enters, or causes to be entered, such dissent on the records of such county.

Source: SL 1897, ch 28, § 140; RPolC 1903, § 2243; RC 1919, § 6957; SDC 1939, § 12.1901.