3-4-4. Filling vacancies in board of county commissioners.

When a vacancy occurs in the board of county commissioners, it shall be the duty of the remaining member or members of such board to appoint immediately some suitable person to fill such vacancy from the district where the vacancy occurs. If there be an even number of county commissioners remaining on the board of county commissioners, the county auditor shall be called in and shall act as a member of such board to fill such vacancy.

Source: SL 1874-5, ch 57, § 53; PolC 1877, ch 22, § 9; SL 1885, ch 148, § 1; CL 1887, § 1393; RPolC 1903, § 1812; RC 1919, § 7018; SDC 1939, § 48.0104; SL 1967, ch 236; SL 1974, ch 55, § 3.