12-22-28. Public funds not used for legislative contest.
No payment shall be made or authorized by the Legislature out of its contingent fund or from public funds to either party to a contested election, for expenses incurred in prosecuting or defending any contest.
Source: PolC 1877, ch 47, §22; CL 1887, §1523; RPolC 1903, §2022; RC 1919, §7364; SDC 1939, §16.1919.