38-8-15. Election of initial supervisors--District as governmental subdivision.At the general election that includes the referendum on the establishment of a conservation district, five supervisors shall be elected as provided in §38-8-39. The election of the supervisors is null and void if the referendum on the establishment of the district fails. The district is a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, upon the taking of the proceedings described in §§38-8-16 and 38-8-17. Source: SL 1937, ch 19, §§5, 7; SDC 1939, §§4.1507, 4.1509; SL 1947, ch 11; SL 1947, ch 12; SL 1953, ch 7, §1; SL 1957, ch 4, §3; SDC Supp 1960, §§4.1507 (6), 4.1509 (1); SDCL, §38-8-38; SL 1968, ch 1, §5; SL 1994, ch 316, §9.
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