38-8-58. Acquisition, administration, improvement, and disposition of property by district.

A conservation district, and the supervisors thereof, shall have the following powers, in addition to others granted in other sections of this chapter:

(1)    To obtain options upon and to acquire by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, any property, real or personal, or rights or interests therein;

(2)    To maintain, administer, and improve any properties acquired;

(3)    To receive income from such properties and to expend such income in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter; and

(4)    To sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interest therein in furtherance of the purposes and the provisions of this chapter.

Source: SL 1937, ch 19, § 8; SDC 1939, § 4.1510 (2).