Section 9-45-26 - Power to proceed with improvement after publication of resolution--Ratification ofprior proceedings. - South Dakota Statutes

9-45-26. Power to proceed with improvement after publication of resolution--Ratification of prior proceedings. After twenty days from the adoption and publication of the resolution referred to in § 9-45-25, unless the referendum be invoked or unless a written protest shall have been filed with the auditor or clerk signed by the owners of more than fifty-five percent of the frontage of property liable to assessment, the governing body shall have power to cause such improvement to be made, to contract therefor, and to levy and collect special assessments therefor as provided in this title, provided, that any such proceedings taken prior to the adoption of such resolution shall be deemed ratified thereby.

Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art XVI, § 15; RPolC 1903, § 1303; SL 1911, ch 95, § 1; SL 1913, ch 126; RC 1919, § 6364; SL 1923, ch 240; SL 1929, ch 195; SDC 1939, § 45.1701; SL 1949, ch 185, § 1.