SDCL § 23-3-11: Personnel of division--Direction of operations by Governor.

When in the judgment of the Governor the public good may require, the Governor may order and direct the agents and assistants appointed by the attorney general or any one or more of them, to any part of the state in the performance of their duties and which said order and direction of the Governor shall take precedence over and be superior to any other order and direction regarding said agents and assistants; and from the time of the making of said order and direction and until otherwise ordered by the Governor, said agents and assistants shall be subject to the exclusive control and direction of the Governor.