A petition for the division of a township as provided in section 58-02-19, addressed to the board of county commissioners and signed by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the proposed township, may be presented to the board at any regular meeting of the board.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 58-02-21

  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

Notice of the time and place of the hearing on such petition must be given at least thirty days prior to such hearing by the publication of such notice at least three times in the newspaper in which the proceedings of the board of county commissioners are published, or if there is no such newspaper, the notice must be posted in at least three public places in the proposed new township and in at least three public places in the remainder of the township affected by the division. One of such notices must be posted at the place where the last township election was held for the township from which the separation is sought.

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