Section 8-4-4 - Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect as petty offense. - South-dakota Statutes

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8-4-4. Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect as petty offense. The township clerk shall require all legally elected officers, who accept the office to which they are elected, to duly qualify within the time prescribed by law and in accordance with the provisions of law. A township clerk who refuses or neglects to procure and file the bonds of the township officers as prescribed by this section commits a petty offense.

Source: SL 1889, ch 128, § 2; RPolC 1903, § 1038; RC 1919, § 6072; SDC 1939, §§ 58.0606, 58.9907; SL 1981, ch 43, § 10.

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8-4-4. Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect as petty offense. The township clerk shall require all legally elected officers, who accept the office to which they are elected, to duly qualify within the time prescribed by law and in accordance with the provisions of law. A township clerk who refuses or neglects to procure and file the bonds of the township officers as prescribed by this section commits a petty offense.

Source: SL 1889, ch 128, § 2; RPolC 1903, § 1038; RC 1919, § 6072; SDC 1939, §§ 58.0606, 58.9907; SL 1981, ch 43, § 10.

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8-4-4. Clerk to require elected officers to qualify--Refusal or neglect as petty offense. The township clerk shall require all legally elected officers, who accept the office to which they are elected, to duly qualify within the time prescribed by law and in accordance with the provisions of law. A township clerk who refuses or neglects to procure and file the bonds of the township officers as prescribed by this section commits a petty offense.

Source: SL 1889, ch 128, § 2; RPolC 1903, § 1038; RC 1919, § 6072; SDC 1939, §§ 58.0606, 58.9907; SL 1981, ch 43, § 10.