If for any cause any member of the appointing board prescribed by § 8-4-11 is unable to act, the remaining members of such appointing board shall select a voter of the township to act in his place, and the board so constituted shall proceed as required by § 8-4-11.

Source: SL 1883, ch 112, subch 1, § 48; CL 1887, § 753; RPolC 1903, § 1046; RC 1919, § 6079; SDC 1939, § 58.0412.