58-17-01. Townships - Authority to acquire, operate, and regulate parks

58-17-01. Townships - Authority to acquire, operate, and regulate parks Any township may acquire, establish, construct, expand, own, lease, control, equip, improve, maintain, operate, regulate, and police any park either within or without the geographic limits of such township and may use for such purposes any available property owned or controlled or occupied for the purpose or purposes enumerated in this chapter. Any such park must be declared to be acquired, owned, leased, controlled, or occupied for a public purpose in accordance with public need.