Section 7-12-11 - Responsibility of sheriff for deputies, jailers, and clerks--Summary relief from duties.

7-12-11. Responsibility of sheriff for deputies, jailers, and clerks--Summary relief from duties. The sheriff shall be responsible for the acts of each such deputy, jailer, and clerk in the performance of the duties of his office, provided, however, that the sheriff may relieve any deputy, jailer, or clerk of any or all official responsibilities and duties, summarily.

Source: SL 1917, ch 190, § 1; RC 1919, § 5966; SDC 1939, § 12.1009; SL 1955, ch 20; SL 1963, ch 40, § 4.