The board of county commissioners may attach a fractional congressional township to an adjoining township within the same county or divide it between two or more townships within the same county upon the petition of a majority of the qualified electors to be affected.
Fractional township - Annexing to another township
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-08 — under Creation, Consolidation, Division, and Dissolution.
N.D.C.C. § 58-02-08