2011 South Dakota Code
Title 9 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Chapter 08. Aldermanic Form Of Government
§9-8-8 Meetings of council--Quorum--Journal of proceedings.
9-8-8. Meetings of council--Quorum--Journal of proceedings. The council shall hold its regular meetings on the first Monday of each month. It may prescribe by ordinance the manner in which special meetings may be called and may so change the day of its regular monthly meetings.
A majority of the aldermen elected shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absentees under such penalties as may be prescribed by ordinance.
It shall sit with open doors and shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art IV, §§ 9, 11; RPolC 1903, §§ 1205, 1206, 1208; RC 1919, §§ 6211, 6212, 6214; SDC 1939, § 45.0705.
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