9-7-1. Composition and election of board--Qualifications of trustee--Change in number.
The Board of Trustees of a third class municipality shall consist of not less than three nor more than five members elected at large. Each shall be a legal voter of the municipality. The number of trustees of a municipality may be increased to five or reduced to three in the manner prescribed by chapter 9-11.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, §15; CL 1887, §1036; SL 1895, ch 182, §1; RPolC 1903, §1431; SL 1905, ch 170; SL 1907, ch 243; RC 1919, §6196; SL 1933, ch 151; SDC 1939, §45.0601; SL 1979, ch 48, §§1, 2; SL 1992, ch 60, §2.