Section 8-8-2 - Power of constable to arrest without process.
8-8-2. Power of constable to arrest without process. Any constable in any organized civil township containing any unincorporated town shall be a proper officer for arresting and detaining persons for disorderly conduct within such town arising from drunkenness or otherwise, without process first issuing.
Source: SL 1879, ch 59, § 95; CL 1887, § 840; RPolC 1903, § 1147; RC 1919, § 6137; SDC 1939, § 58.0405.