58-07-03. Duties of township clerk
The township clerk shall perform the following duties:
1. Act as clerk of the board of township supervisors and keep in the township clerk's
office a true record of all of its proceedings.
2. File and safely keep all certificates of oaths and bonds required to be kept in the
township clerk's office and all other papers required by law to be filed in that office and
have and keep custody of the record books and papers of the township when no other
provision is made therefor by law.
3. Enter in the minutes of the proceedings of each township meeting each order or
direction and every rule and regulation adopted at such meeting.
4. File and preserve all accounts audited by the township board or allowed at a township
meeting and enter a statement thereof in the township record books.
5. File the township clerk's bond in the office of the county auditor and the township
clerk's oath and the oath of the deputy clerk, if one is appointed, in the office of the
clerk of the district court.
6. Preserve and record the annual statement of the treasurer, except that in those
townships in which the offices of township clerk and treasurer have been merged, the
person elected to fill the new office shall file a copy of the annual treasurer's statement
with the chairman of the board of township supervisors.
7. Require all legally elected officers who accept the offices to which they are elected to
qualify within the time prescribed by law and in accordance with all other provisions
thereof.
8. Make a record of all statements of the remittances of any township funds from the
county treasurer to the township treasurer as such statements are mailed to the
township clerk by the county treasurer, except that in those townships in which the
offices of township clerk and treasurer have been merged, the person elected to fill the
new office shall make a record of all statements of the remittances of any township
funds from the county treasurer to the township treasurer and shall file such
statements with the chairman of the board of township supervisors.
9. Keep an account of the township funds in the same manner as is required of the
township treasurer, except that in those townships in which the offices of township
clerk and treasurer have been merged, the person elected to fill the office shall keep
an account of the township funds and shall report the balance of such funds to the
chairman of the board of township supervisors no less frequently than every sixty
days.
10. Perform all duties imposed upon the township clerk under the laws of this state relating
to the forming of jury panels.
