Officer receiving salary of deputy or clerk as theft

Any officer who receives or appropriates for the officer's own use and benefit any part of the salary allowed any deputy or clerk employed under the provisions of this title is guilty of theft. Source: SL 1887, ch 10 , § 8; SL 1890, ch 134 , § 5; RPolC 1903, § 883; SL 1917, ch 189 , § 4; RC 1919, § 5906; SDC 1939, § 12.9903; SL 1981, ch 43 , § 2; SL 2016, ch 44 , § 5.