Section 8-1-11 - Name of merged township or newly separated township. - South Dakota Statutes

8-1-11. Name of merged township or newly separated township. Any civil township so formed by merger of townships or by separation from the original township shall be named in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of the legal voters of the new township; but if they fail to designate a name, or the same cannot be properly given to such township, the board of county commissioners may designate a name.

Source: SDC 1939, § 58.0110; SL 1996, ch 58, § 6.