AN ACT to Amend Chapter 306 of the Session Laws of 1911, relating to the Election and Appointment of Township Officers and Their Terms of Office, and to Repeal Section 3111 of the Revised Codes of 1905.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

1. AMENDMENT. That Chapter 306 of the Session Laws of 1911 be amended and re‑enacted to read as follows:

Chapter 306. There shall be elected at the annual township meeting in each township one supervisor for a term of three years; one township clerk, one assessor, one treasurer, two justices of the peace, and two constables shall be elected once in two years, except to fill vacancies.

In the event that the county commissioners have not at their regular meeting after April 1st appointed a county superintendent of highways, then the board of supervisors shall appoint one overseer of highways for each township, which shall hold his office during the pleasure of the board.

At the first annual township meeting in each township after the taking effect of this Article, there shall. be elected at large for each township, three supervisors, one to serve until the first annual township meeting, one to serve until the second annual township meeting and one to serve until the third annual township meeting thereafter; provided, that the provisions hereof shall not affect the terms of supervisors elected prior to the taking effect of this Act.

The board of supervisors at the first regular meeting shall elect one of their members as chairman to serve for a period of one year.

2. A REPEAL. That Section 3111 of the Revised Codes of 1905 shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

Approved March 13, 1913.

Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 152