South Dakota § 9-2-1 - Classes enumerated--Population groups.

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§ 9-2-1. Classes enumerated--Population groups.

The three classes of municipal corporations are:

(1)    Municipalities of the first class: municipal corporations with a population of five thousand and over;

(2)    Municipalities of the second class: municipal corporations with a population between five hundred and four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine;

(3)    Municipalities of the third class: municipal corporations with a population of fewer than five hundred.

Source: SL 1899, ch 61, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1179; RC 1919, §§ 6164 to 6167; SDC 1939, § 45.0102; SL 1992, ch 60, § 1; SL 2024, ch 28, § 14.

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