The county auditor shall, immediately after preparation of the tax lists, charge the county treasurer with the amount of the lists as shown in the recapitulation thereof, in a record prepared for that purpose. The auditor shall also charge the treasurer in the tax list account with all additional assessments made after the list is prepared and shall credit the treasurer with all amounts collected and any other amounts as may be lawfully deducted from such lists. The auditor shall reconcile the unpaid taxes shown in the tax lists that are no more than six years old to the unpaid balance of taxes in the tax list account each December thirty-first or within thirty days thereafter.
SDCL 10-17-9