SDCL § 38-8-17: Filing and recording of application and statement--Issuance of certificate of organization.

The secretary of state shall file and record the application and statement required by § 38-8-16 in an appropriate book of record in his office and shall make and issue to the said supervisors a certificate, under the seal of the state, of the due organization of the said district, and shall record such certificate with the application and statement. The secretary of state shall make no charge for the services herein required.