N.D. Cent. Code § 40-09-09: Vice president and acting president of board - Powers to act

At the first meeting of the board after the newly elected commissioners take office, one of its own members must be elected vice president. The vice president shall perform all the duties of the office of president in the absence or disability of the president to act. In the absence or disability to act of both the president and the vice president, the board shall elect one of its members as acting president, who has all the powers and performs all the duties of the president during the absence or disability.