Section 3-1-2 - Time of commencement of term of office.
3-1-2. Time of commencement of term of office. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all state, district, and county officers shall qualify and enter upon the duties of their office on the first Monday of January succeeding their election or within twenty days thereafter.
Source: CL 1887, § 1380; SL 1897, ch 109, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 1797; RC 1919, § 7033; SDC 1939, § 48.0312.