Opinion of the Court Relative to Executive Order 73-1

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

Your letter of February 8, 1973, requests the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court upon important questions of law involving the exercise of your executive powers as Governor and upon matters which you state are of utmost solemn occasion relating to Section 8 of Article IV of the South Dakota Constitution adopted at the general election on November 7, 1972. Pursuant to Section 5 of Article V of the Constitution your request is now addressed to the “Supreme Court”.

“The Governor has authority to require…