N.D. Cent. Code § 58-05.1-06
The board of township supervisors of each township involved in the consolidation shall select one supervisor to be a member of a transition township board. If there are fewer than three townships involved in the consolidation, each board of township supervisors may select two supervisors to be members of the transition board. The clerk of the township that proposed the consolidation shall act as clerk for the transition board. The transition board shall assume all the powers and duties of the township officers of each township approving the consolidation on the first of January following the election. The transition board shall continue in existence until the first annual meeting of the consolidated townships and shall prepare a proposed budget for the multitownship board.
N.D.C.C. § 58-05.1-06