SDCL § 33-1-6: Duties of adjutant general respecting communications--Recommendations to Governor--Coat of arms and seal--Charges against members of National Guard--Biennial census.

The adjutant general shall distribute all orders from the Governor. The adjutant general is the organ of all written communication from the National Guard to the Governor and shall attend the Governor if required at review of the National Guard, or if ordered in the performance of military duty. The adjutant general shall present to the Governor all recommendations with reference to the Department of the Military and shall obey and issue orders given by the Governor in relation to the department and in all other military matters. The adjutant general may use the coat of arms of the state and the seal of the office, with the words added thereto, "State of South Dakota, the Adjutant General's Office." The adjutant general shall submit to the Governor copies of all charges properly preferred in writing against any officer or soldier of the National Guard, if desired by the person preferring the charge, as well as all proceedings of all general courts-martial. The adjutant general shall biennially make a return in triplicate of all the National Guard of the state and shall deliver a copy of the return to the Governor on or before the first day of December of each even-numbered year.