Section 38-1-2 - Secretary of agriculture as head of department--Appointment.
38-1-2. Secretary of agriculture as head of department--Appointment. The head of the Department of Agriculture shall be known as the secretary of agriculture of the State of South Dakota, and wherever the word "secretary" appears in this title, it shall mean the "secretary of agriculture of the State of South Dakota" unless the context indicates otherwise. He shall be appointed by the Governor pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. IV, § 9 and to § 1-32-3.
Source: SL 1921, ch 190, § 1; SL 1925, ch 115, ch I, art I, §§ 2, 4; SDC 1939, § 4.0102; SL 1943, ch 3.