In any county where there is no courthouse or jail erected by the county, or no lodging for prisoners provided under a joint agreement pursuant to § 24-11-4, or where those erected have not sufficient capacity, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to provide for courtroom, jail, and offices for the following named officers: sheriff, treasurer, register of deeds, state’s attorney, auditor, clerk of courts, and circuit court judge for the county, to be furnished by such county in a suitable building or buildings for the lowest rent to be obtained at the county seat, or to secure and occupy suitable rooms at a free rent within the limits of the county seat or any of the additions thereto until such county builds a courthouse.

Source: SL 1874-5, ch 27, § 26; PolC 1877, ch 21, § 42; SL 1885, ch 41, § 1; CL 1887, § 606; RPolC 1903, § 846; RC 1919, § 5882; SDC 1939, § 12.2301; SL 1971, ch 52.