2006 South Dakota Code - 3-17-8 — Suspension of local officer pending removal proceedings.

     3-17-8.   Suspension of local officer pending removal proceedings. At any time after the commencement of the proceeding under § 3-17-7 the court shall, upon satisfactory showing, suspend the accused from the functions of his office until the final determination of the issues, and upon such suspension the judge shall immediately appoint some competent person to fill the office during such suspension.

Source: PolC 1877, ch 22, § 5; SL 1881, ch 123, § 1; CL 1887, § 1389; RPolC 1903, § 1808; SL 1915, ch 268, § 1; RC 1919, § 7013; SDC 1939, § 48.0205.

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