Deputy clerk authorized to act--Magistrate to perform clerk's duties

The word "clerk" in this chapter shall include a deputy clerk. If a claim is filed with a magistrate, the duties to be performed by the clerk in this chapter shall be performed by the magistrate. Source: SDC 1939, § 33.4106; Supreme Court Rule adopted May 1, 1942; SDCL, § 15-39-6; SL 1977, ch 173, § 2; Supreme Court Rule 81-4.