9-47-13. Purchase of pipes or mains financed by special assessments--Protest by property owners. The purchase authorized in § 9-47-9 may be financed by assessing such cost to the property fronting or abutting upon the water pipe or main so purchased in the same manner as provided for construction of service sewers, except that in the event the owners of a majority of the real property fronting or abutting thereon prior to such resolution becoming effective shall file a written protest against a purchase by special assessment, the governing body shall not have power to purchase the same in that manner.
Source: SL 1959, ch 278, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.1907.