49-37-18. District as franchised to use streets of municipality for transmission lines.If the majority of the voters of any municipality voting thereon shall vote in favor of the formation of a consumers power district, the annexation of territory or a municipality to an existing district, or the consolidation of two or more districts, as the case may be, such action shall be construed as the granting of a franchise to occupy any of the streets, alleys, or public places of the municipality to transmit and distribute electrical energy for heat, light and power. Source: SL 1950 (SS), ch 17, §70; SDC Supp 1960, §52.1769.
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