The consolidation or union of any two or more newspapers, any or all of which were before such consolidation legal newspapers as defined in § 17-2-2.1, does not affect the legality of the newspaper formed by the consolidation. The consolidated newspaper shall be deemed to have complied with the requirements prescribed for a legal newspaper and to be a legal newspaper as defined in § 17-2-2.1.

Source: SL 1895, ch 131 ; RPolC 1903, § 1850; RC 1919, § 7069; SL 1919, ch 250 ; SL 1937, ch 185 ; SDC 1939, § 65.0508; SL 1939, ch 298 ; SL 1943, ch 318 ; SL 1968, ch 271 ; SL 1987, ch 29 , § 8.