Section 8-3-19 - Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to elect officers at annual meeting

8-3-19. Special meeting called by resident voters after failure to elect officers at annual meeting.If any township refuses or neglects to organize and elect officers at the time fixed by law for holding the annual meeting, twelve resident voters of the township may call a meeting for such purpose by notice published in the same manner as provided for the publication of notice of the annual township meeting. The notice shall set forth the time, place, and object of the meeting; and the voters, when assembled by virtue of such notice, shall possess all the powers conferred upon them at the annual township meeting. Source: SDC 1939, §58.0318; SL 1963, ch 451, §1; SL 2002, ch 44, §4.