North Dakota Code 58-03-07 – Powers of electors
The electors of each township have the power at the annual township meeting:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 58-03-07
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
1. To establish one or more pounds within the township, to determine the location of the pounds, to determine the number of poundmasters and to choose the poundmasters, and to discontinue pounds which have been established.
2. To select the township officers required to be chosen.
3. To direct the institution or defense of actions in all controversies in which the township is interested.
4. To direct the raising of such sums as they may deem necessary to prosecute or defend actions in which the township is interested.
5. To make all rules and regulations for the impounding of animals.
6. To make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect the powers granted to the township.
7. To impose penalties for each offense on persons offending against any rule or regulation established by the township.
8. To apply penalties when collected in such manner as they deem most conducive to the interests of the township.
9. To ratify or reject recommendations offered by the board of township supervisors for the expenditure of funds for the purpose of purchasing building sites and for the purchase, location, erection, or removal of any building or erection for township purposes. No recommendation shall be adopted except by a two-thirds vote of the electors present and voting at any annual township meeting.
10. To authorize and empower the board of township supervisors to purchase liquids, compounds, or other ingredients for the destruction of noxious weeds, and sprinklers to be used in spraying said liquids or compounds. No township shall purchase more than two such sprinklers in any one year.
11. To authorize aid to a district fair association within the limits provided in title 4.
12. To authorize the levy of township taxes for the repair and construction of roads and bridges and for other township charges and expenses within the limits prescribed in title 57.
13. To direct the expenditure of funds raised for the repair and construction of roads within the limits provided in title 24.
14. To authorize the dissolution of the township in the manner provided in this title.
15. To authorize the entering into a contract for fire protection as provided for in section 18-06-10.
16. To authorize the expenditure of funds for the eradication of gophers, prairie dogs, crows, or magpies.
17. To authorize the expenditure of township funds for weather modification activities.
18. To authorize the expenditure of funds to pay membership fees in county, state, and national associations of township governments. This subsection may not be construed to authorize a mill levy.
19. To support an airport or to support or create an airport authority and to levy a tax for airport purposes within the limitations of section 2-06-15.
20. To direct the transfer of township funds to a rural fire protection district or rural fire department for fire protection within the township.
21. To direct the transfer of township funds to a rural ambulance service district for emergency medical service within the township.
22. To establish special assessment districts in accordance with chapter 58-18.