Commissioners to negotiate boundaries authorized--Compacts dependent on ratification
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SD Code › Title 1 › Chapter 2 › Section 1-2-1
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The Governor of South Dakota may appoint commissioners to represent the State of South Dakota on joint commissions composed of commissioners representing boundary states, to be constituted by the states for the purpose of negotiating and entering into agreements or compacts between the states to establish the boundaries between the states. Any compact made on behalf of the states is not binding or obligatory upon either state, unless it has been ratified by the Legislatures of the compacting states and approved by the Congress of the United States.
Source: SL 1957, ch 316, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.5601; SL 1988, ch 2, § 1.
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