21-31-4. Direction to certify record--Stay of proceedings. The writ of certiorari shall command the party to whom it is directed to certify fully to the court issuing the writ, at a specified time and place, and annex to the writ a transcript of the record and proceedings, describing or referring to them, with convenient certainty, that the same may be reviewed by the court, and requiring the party in the meantime, to desist from further proceedings in the matter to be reviewed.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 688; CL 1887, § 5510; RCCivP 1903, § 757; RC 1919, § 2999; Supreme Court Rule 588, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.0404.