In Re Opinion of the Justices

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

Pursuant to Section 5 of Article V of the South Dakota Constitution, your communication dated and received the late afternoon of Thursday, January 11, 1973, requests the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Court relating to Section 8 of Article IV of the South Dakota Constitution adopted at the general election on November 7, 1972. You deem this request to be of utmost solemn occasion involving the duties of your office.

This section, which may be found in Chapter 1 of the 1972 Session Laws, reads and appears as…