8-4-1. Eligibility to township office. Any person qualified to vote at a township meeting is eligible to any township office. No person may hold a township office unless he resides in the township.
Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, § 34; CL 1887, § 737; RPolC 1903, § 1029; RC 1919, § 6069; SDC 1939, § 58.0401; SL 1984, ch 50, § 2.