N.D. Cent. Code § 58-05-04 (2025)
58-05-04. Election of supervisors and other officers in newly organized townships.
At the first meeting of a newly organized township, officers must be elected as follows: one supervisor to serve until the first annual township meeting; one supervisor to serve until the
second annual meeting; and one supervisor to serve until the third annual meeting. All the other township officers must be elected to serve until the annual township meeting in an even-numbered year.