No payment shall be made or authorized by the Legislature out of its contingent fund or from public funds to either party to a contested election, for expenses incurred in prosecuting or defending any contest. Source: PolC 1877, ch 47, § 22; CL 1887, § 1523; RPolC 1903, § 2022; RC 1919, § 7364; SDC 1939, § 16.1919.
§ § 12-22-28Public funds not used for legislative contest
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