Section 7-7-21 - Appointment and removal of deputies and clerks--Oath of office and bond. - South Dakota Statutes

7-7-21. Appointment and removal of deputies and clerks--Oath of office and bond. The officer in whose office such deputies or clerks are employed shall have the sole power of appointing the same or removing them at pleasure, which appointment or removal shall be by a certificate in writing, and any deputy or clerk so appointed shall before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the Constitution, which oath or affirmation shall be endorsed on the certificate of appointment and filed as otherwise provided by law. The deputy or clerk shall furnish an official bond in such amount and with such surety or sureties as his principal may deem proper, which bond shall be attached to the certificate of appointment and oath of office.

Source: SL 1887, ch 10, § 8; CL 1887, § 653; SL 1890, ch 134, § 5; RPolC 1903, §§ 883, 890; SL 1917, ch 188, § 7; SL 1917, ch 189, § 4; RC 1919, § 5906; SDC 1939, § 12.1601; SL 1955, ch 21.