58-05 Township Officers Generally
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 58-05TOWNSHIP OFFICERS GENERALLY58-05-01.Voter is eligible to office.Every person qualified to vote at a townshipmeeting is eligible to any township office.58-05-02. Officers of a township - Terms of office. The elected officers of a civiltownship must be:1.Three or five supervisors.2.One township clerk.3.One assessor except as herein provided.4.One treasurer.In townships with three-member boards of township supervisors, one supervisor must be elected<br>at each annual township meeting and shall hold office for a term of three years. In townships<br>with five-member boards of supervisors, the number of members of the board of supervisors<br>whose terms have expired must be elected at each annual township meeting and shall hold<br>office for a term of three years. The other elective officers must be elected every two years and<br>shall hold their respective offices for a term of two years. Each officer shall serve until that<br>officer's successor is elected and qualified. The same person may hold the offices of township<br>clerk and treasurer if a majority of the electors present vote in favor of the merging of such offices<br>at the annual township meeting. The person elected to fill the merged office shall perform all of<br>the duties required of both the township clerk and treasurer except as otherwise specifically<br>provided by law. If a majority of the electors present and voting at an annual township meeting<br>vote in favor of making the office of assessor appointive, the board of township supervisors shall<br>appoint a township assessor for a four-year term of office, the first term commencing on January<br>1, 1974. In lieu of electing or appointing a township assessor, the board of township supervisors,<br>if authorized by a majority of the electors present and voting at an annual township meeting, may<br>on behalf of the township contract with the county in which the township is located or with any<br>other political subdivision or with any individual to perform the duties of and have the powers of<br>the township assessor. The length and terms of such a contract must be negotiated by the board<br>of township supervisors with the governing body of the county or other political subdivision or with<br>the individual, as the case may be, and the township is hereby authorized to make such<br>payments as may be provided for in the contract. The electors of any township in which the<br>office of township assessor was abolished prior to July 1, 1973, shall, at the next annual township<br>meeting, elect a township assessor or authorize the board of township supervisors to appoint a<br>township assessor or to contract for the making of the assessment as hereinbefore provided.<br>The township electors may, by majority vote of those present and voting at an annual township<br>meeting, change the previously adopted method of providing for the assessment to either of the<br>other two methods authorized in this section, but such change does not become effective until<br>expiration of the term of office of the assessor or until a vacancy occurs in the office of assessor<br>or until expiration of the contract for making the assessments, whichever is applicable according<br>to the method of providing for the assessment that was previously adopted.58-05-03. When term of office begins. Repealed by S.L. 1951, ch. 333, </p>
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