Opinion of the Supreme Court

TO HIS EXCELLENCY, RICHARD F. KNEIP, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

Your letter of July 2, 1973, requests an opinion of the Supreme Court “upon important questions of law involved in the exercise of my executive powers as Governor, and upon matters which I deem to be of utmost ‘solemn occasion.’ ”

This opinion will outline in broad terms the contents of your letter. At the general election of November 7, 1972, Article IV, § 8 of the Constitution was amended to read in part:

“Except as to elected constitutional officers the Governor may make such changes in the organization of…