Acceptance of gift from party to action as misdemeanor--Inheritance excepted

Every judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, or umpire, who accepts any gift from any person, knowing him to be a party in interest, or the attorney or counsel of any party in interest to any action or proceeding then pending or about to be brought before him, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The word "gift" as used herein shall not be taken to include property received by inheritance, by will, or by gift in view of death. Source: PenC 1877, §§ 130, 131; CL 1887, §§ 6330, 6331; RPenC 1903, §§ 136, 137; RC 1919, §§ 3718, 3719; SDC 1939, § 13.1204; SL 1979, ch 150, § 13.