Section 59-1-3 - Authority construed by specific rather than general terms.

59-1-3. Authority construed by specific rather than general terms. If authority is given partly in general and partly in specific terms no higher powers than those specifically mentioned are given.

Source: CivC 1877, § 1360; CL 1887, § 3983; RCivC 1903, § 1679; RC 1919, § 1261; SDC 1939, § 3.0102.