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Section 9-20-15 - Majority vote required for approval of referred measure--Effective date.

9-20-15. Majority vote required for approval of referred measure--Effective date. No referred ordinance or resolution so submitted shall become operative unless approved by a majority of the votes cast for and against the same. If so approved, it shall take effect upon completion of the canvass of the election returns relating thereto.

Source: SL 1899, ch 94, § 8; RPolC 1903, § 1221; SL 1913, ch 119, § 45; RC 1919, § 6260; SDC 1939, § 45.1017.