23-13-5. Neglect of gambling investigation and enforcement--Investigation and prosecution by attorney general.The attorney general shall have authority and it shall be his duty whenever any peace officer or state's attorney of any county has neglected the investigation and enforcement of chapter 22-25, to make the investigations and complaints and conduct the prosecutions the same as the state's attorney might do, and for such services there shall be paid into the state treasury by the county where the offense was committed the sum of fifty dollars for each case so prosecuted and such sum shall be deducted from the salary of the state's attorney neglecting such duty. Source: SDC 1939, §24.0101.
South Dakota Legal Code