N.D. Cent. Code § 49-11-20: Installation of flagman at crossings

Whenever it shall appear that owing to any construction work or repair work, or for any other cause, an unusual number of trains are being operated in or through any city in this state, the commission, upon complaint by the governing body of such city through its chief executive officer, shall compel the installation of a flagman, without a hearing. Such order shall be complied with within five days. The railroad corporation may remove such flagman whenever the movement of trains through such city assumes a normal condition.