Section 9-14-10 - Vacancy created by removal of officer from municipality or ward--Failure to qualifyfor office.
9-14-10. Vacancy created by removal of officer from municipality or ward--Failure to qualify for office. The removal of any municipal officer from the ward or municipality for which he was elected or appointed, or his failure, for ten days after notice of his election or appointment, to qualify and enter upon the duties of his office, shall cause a vacancy therein.
Source: SL 1890, ch 37, art III, § 3; SL 1890, ch 37, art XIV, § 11; RPolC 1903, § 1294; SL 1913, ch 119, § 113; RC 1919, § 6274; SDC 1939, § 45.1108.