18-1-4. Issuance of commission--Posting--Records maintained by secretary of state.
The secretary of state shall issue a commission to each notary public which shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the notary's office for public inspection. The secretary of state shall keep in his office a record of such appointments and the date of their expiration.
Source: SL 1889, ch 104, §1; RPolC 1903, §734; RC 1919, §5235; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §32.1302; SL 1979, ch 153, §2.