8-4-6. Forfeiture for entry on office without taking oath.
If any township officer who is required by law to take an oath of office enters upon the duties of his office before taking such oath, he forfeits to such township the sum of fifty dollars.
Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, §43; CL 1887, §748; RPolC 1903, §1042; RC 1919, §6075; SDC 1939, §58.0407.