At the general election that includes the referendum on the establishment of a conservation district, five supervisors shall be elected as provided in § 38-8-39. The election of the supervisors is null and void if the referendum on the establishment of the district fails. The district is a governmental subdivision of this state and a public body, corporate and politic, upon the taking of the proceedings described in §§ 38-8-16 and 38-8-17.

Source: SL 1937, ch 19 , §§ 5, 7; SDC 1939, §§ 4.1507, 4.1509; SL 1947, ch 11 ; SL 1947, ch 12 ; SL 1953, ch 7 , § 1; SL 1957, ch 4 , § 3; SDC Supp 1960, §§ 4.1507 (6), 4.1509 (1); SDCL, § 38-8-38 ; SL 1968, ch 1 , § 5; SL 1994, ch 316 , § 9.