SDCL § 9-39-9: Appointment of members of utility board.

When at such election on the question specified in § 9-39-8, the majority vote is in the affirmative, the mayor, or in the case of municipalities not having a mayor, the chairman of the town board, shall appoint a board of the number designated in the question to be known as the "municipal utility board," which appointment shall be approved and confirmed by the governing body.