The written application and official return envelope shall be preserved by the election officers and returned by them to the proper office together with the other election returns.

Source: SL 1913, ch 200 , § 3; RC 1919, § 7228; SL 1925, ch 159 , § 3; SL 1929, ch 114 , § 2; SDC 1939, § 16.1608; SL 1941, ch 80 ; SL 1963, ch 110 , § 3; SL 1970, ch 91 , § 3.