SDCL § 49-30-2: Affidavit of directors--Contents of affidavit--Filing with secretary of state.

There shall be annexed to the articles of incorporation described by § 49-30-1 an affidavit of at least three of the directors therein named that the signatures thereto are genuine and that it is intended in good faith to construct, or maintain and operate, the lines of telegraph or telephone therein mentioned, and thereupon such articles of incorporation and affidavit shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, who shall endorse thereon the date of their filing and record the same.