N.D. Cent. Code § 15-08-04
15-08-04. Surveys to be made when necessary - Continuing appropriation for expenses
15-08-04. Surveys to be made when necessary - Continuing appropriation for
expenses.
If it appears necessary in order to ascertain the true boundaries of any tract of land or to
enable the commissioner of university and school lands to describe or dispose of the same in
suitable and convenient lots, the board of university and school lands may order all necessary
surveys to be made. There is appropriated annually the amounts necessary to pay all expenses
under this section. Each payment must be made from the trust fund for which the land is held.