SDCL § 10-5-17 — Time of appeal from secretary--Transcript--Hearing de novo and judgment

An appeal under § 10-5-16 shall be taken within thirty days after the decision of the secretary of revenue by serving written notice on him; and the secretary of revenue shall, upon the filing of the bond, make out a transcript relating to the matter of his decision thereon and shall transmit the same to the clerk of the circuit court. Such appeal shall be filed by the first day of the next term of the circuit court after the decision of the secretary of revenue and such cause shall stand for trial at such term. All appeals thus taken to the circuit court shall be docketed as other causes pending therein, and the same shall be heard and determined de novo, and the circuit court shall make its final judgment.