South Dakota § 7-7-20 Authorization for employment of deputies and clerks--Payment of compensation.

South Dakota Statutes

§ 7-7-20 — Authorization for employment of deputies and clerks--Payment of compensation.

South Dakota § 7-7-20

Title 7COUNTIES

Ch. 7-5COUNTY OFFICERS IN GENERAL

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Bluebook

S.D. Codified Laws § 7-7-20 (2026).

Text

If in the judgment of the board of county commissioners it shall be deemed necessary for the prompt and accurate dispatch of business in the office of the county treasurer, county auditor, county coroner, or register of deeds that deputies or clerks be employed therein, it shall by resolution fix the number of deputies or clerks to be employed, the time of employment, and compensation which they shall receive. Such compensation shall be paid monthly by warrant on the general fund.

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If in the judgment of the board of county commissioners it shall be deemed necessary for the prompt and accurate dispatch of business in the office of the county treasurer, county auditor, county coroner, or register of deeds that deputies or clerks be employed therein, it shall by resolution fix the number of deputies or clerks to be employed, the time of employment, and compensation which they shall receive. Such compensation shall be paid monthly by warrant on the general fund.

Legislative History

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; SL 1968, ch 16, § 1; SL 1971, ch 44, § 2.