8-4-8. Salary and compensation of clerk, treasurer, and supervisors.Except as otherwise provided in this section and §1-27-35, the clerk, treasurer, and supervisors may each receive an annual salary, plus compensation for each day necessarily devoted to the discharge of their official duties when attending to business in the township. The voters of each township shall establish the annual salary and the hourly or daily rate of compensation at the annual township meeting. In addition, the clerk, treasurer, and supervisors may also receive mileage compensation at the rate set pursuant to §3-9-1 when attending to the business of the township. The township board of supervisors shall limit the total amount of salary and compensation that the clerk, treasurer, and any one supervisor may receive in a year. Any salary and compensation limit established by the township board of supervisors does not apply to compensation received for road work. Source: SL 1872-3, ch 51, §80; PolC 1877, ch 23, §71; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §86; CL 1887, §799; SL 1889, ch 126, §1; RPolC 1903, §1092; SL 1907, ch 150; RC 1919, §6112; SL 1919, ch 346; SL 1927, ch 211; SL 1933, ch 200; SDC 1939, §58.0409; SL , §71; SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §86; CL 1887, §799; SL 1889, ch 126, §1; RPolC 1903, §1092; SL 1907, ch 150; RC 1919, §6112; SL 1919, ch 346; SL 1927, ch 211; SL 1933, ch 200; SDC 1939, §58.0409; SL 1947, ch 415; SL 1951, ch 464; SL 1957, ch 485; SL 1968, ch 18, §3; SL 1971, ch 53; SL 1974, ch 69, §1; SL 1977, ch 66; SL 1982, ch 70; SL 1983, ch 50; SL 1991, ch 66, §1; SL 2014, ch 48, §6; SL 2024, ch 20, §8.
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