A resignation of a school board member shall necessitate a successor to be appointed to fill the vacancy, but such resignation shall not be effective until the successor is appointed and qualified as prescribed by law, and until such time the resigning member shall continue to serve in an official capacity as a school board member.

Source: SL 1887, ch 47, § 110; CL 1887, § 1796; SL 1955, ch 41, ch 9, § 27; SDC Supp 1960, § 15.2327; SL 1975, ch 128, § 57.