7-2-3. Majority approval of consolidation or boundary change.If at any election held under the provisions of this chapter, a majority of all the votes cast at the election in each of the affected counties are in favor of consolidation of two or more counties or the changing of the boundary lines of named counties, they must be declared consolidated or changed as per the ballot question and this chapter. Source: SL 1893, ch 45, §§5, 6; RPolC 1903, §§779, 780; RC 1919, §§5758, 5759; SDC 1939, §12.0303; SL 2024, ch 26, §7.
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