N.D. Cent. Code § 24-05-03
24-05-03. Payments made for completed work only
24-05-03. Payments made for completed work only
The board of county commissioners, in case of each improvement ordered by it, shall
designate the place of beginning and the direction in which the work must proceed, and shall
require the same to be completed mile [1.61 kilometers] by mile [1.61 kilometers] or in parts of
miles [kilometers] continuously, as ordered, and no payment may be made except for work so
completed. It also may require the supervision of the work by the county surveyor, so far as
deemed necessary, and shall require the county surveyor to compute and estimate the amount
of completed work and to certify the same to the county auditor at the end of each month, and
all the work contracted for must be completed prior to the first day of November next following.
The provisions of this section and the orders and directions of the board made in pursuance
thereof must constitute a part of the provisions and conditions of every such contract, whether
expressed therein or not.