Notice of filing pursuant to § 9-4-8 shall be served by the petitioners upon the mayor or president of the Board of Trustees, as the case may be, together with a notice of the time and place when and where a hearing will be had upon such petition, at least ten days before the date of such hearing. The hearing on the petition may be had by the court at a regular or special term or in vacation.

Source: SL 1887, ch 104 , § 4; CL 1887, § 1117; RPolC 1903, § 1511; RC 1919, § 6557; SDC 1939, § 45.2903.