N.D. Cent. Code § 40-49-04

Current through 2023 Legislative Sessions

Section 40-49-04 - Designation of park district - General powers - Park defined

A park district shall be known as "park district of the city of ___________". The park district shall have a seal and perpetual succession, and may:

1. Sue and be sued.

2. Contract and be contracted with.

3. Acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or otherwise, and hold, own, possess, and maintain real and personal property in trust for use as parks, boulevards, and ways.

4. Exercise all the powers designated in this chapter.

"Park", as used in this chapter, and in other statutes relating to park districts, unless from the context a contrary intent plainly appears, includes public grounds used or acquired for use as airfields, parade grounds, public recreation areas, playgrounds and athletic fields, memorial or cemetery grounds, and sites or areas devoted to use and accommodation of the public as distinguished from use for purposes of municipal administration.

N.D.C.C. § 40-49-04