If in the judgment of the board of county commissioners, it shall be necessary for the prompt dispatch of business in the office of the sheriff that one or more deputies, jailers or clerks be appointed therein, the board shall by resolution fix the number of such deputies, jailers or clerks and the compensation which they shall receive. The salary of each clerk, jailer and deputy shall be paid out of the county general fund.
S.D. Codified Laws § 7-12-9
Deputies, jailers, and clerks authorized by county commissioners--Compensation
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Rosander v. Board of County Commissioners of Butte County (1983)
Most recently applied in Meisel v. Piggly Wiggly Corp. (January 1988)
Source: SL 1917, ch 190, § 1; RC 1919, § 5966; SDC 1939, § 12.1009; SL 1955, ch 20; SL 1963, ch 40, § 4.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.