Each appointive officer, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of the office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation of office, in the form required by the Constitution. The officer shall furnish an undertaking to be approved by the governing body. The undertaking shall be in a sum prescribed by the governing body and shall be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office and to account, pay over, and deliver all money or property coming into the officer's hands by virtue of that office according to law.
S.D. Codified Laws § 9-14-6
Oath of appointive officers--Undertaking
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of Colton v. Schwebach (1997)
Most recently applied in Himrich v. Carpenter (October 1997)
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art VI, § 4; RPolC 1903, § 1238; SL 1913, ch 119, § 60; RC 1919, § 6272; SL 1920 (SS), ch 72; SDC 1939, § 45.1106; SL 1971, ch 58, § 1; SL 1992, ch 60, §…
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