The secretary of agriculture and natural resources of the State of South Dakota is hereby authorized and directed to enter into cooperative agreements with any officers or agencies of the federal government for the taking of annual agricultural censuses by the regularly appointed assessment officers and such other public officers and employees as may be designated for that purpose, for the purpose of obtaining information to be used by the federal government in the State of South Dakota and the allotment of benefits and other payments to farmers cooperating with the federal government, or for any other purpose whatever for which such information may be desired or required by any federal or state officer or agency.
SDCL 38-5-1