In the event that any clause, sentence, paragraph, chapter, or other part of any title, is adjudged by any court of competent or final jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment does not affect, impair, nor invalidate any other clause, sentence, paragraph, chapter, section, or part of such title, but is confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rendered.
1-02-21. Office held under provisions repealed by this code to be retained - Exceptions. Unless a different intention plainly appears, a public officer who is in office when this code takes effect shall remain in office until the expiration of the term for which the officer was elected or appointed unless the officer is removed prior to the expiration of the term as provided by law.