23-13-1. Prevention of offenses by officers of justice--Methods.
Public offenses may be prevented by the intervention of the officers of justice:
(1)By requiring security to keep the peace;
(2)By forming a police in municipalities, and by requiring their attendance in exposed places;
(3)By suppressing riots.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §34.0102; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.