The board of trustees of a municipality consists of either three or five members elected at large. Each member must be a legal voter of the municipality in accordance with § 9-14-2. The number of trustees of a municipality may be increased to five or reduced to three in the manner prescribed by chapter 9-11.

Source: PolC 1877, ch 24, § 15; CL 1887, § 1036; SL 1895, ch 182 , § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1431; SL 1905, ch 170 ; SL 1907, ch 243 ; RC 1919, § 6196; SL 1933, ch 151 ; SDC 1939, § 45.0601; SL 1979, ch 48 , §§ 1, 2; SL 1992, ch 60 , § 2; SL 2025, ch 38 , § 13.