N.D. Cent. Code § 6-01-25
The commissioner shall assume and exercise constant supervision over the books and financial accounts of the several public offices and institutions which the commissioner is authorized to examine. The commissioner shall prescribe and enforce a correct and uniform method of keeping financial accounts in such offices and institutions, shall recommend a form for warrants or for order-checks which must conform so far as consistent with statutory and charter requirements to approved banking practice, in order to facilitate handling of such instruments by banks and other depositories, and shall instruct the proper officer of each of said institutions in the due performance of the officer's duties concerning the same. The commissioner has authority to examine the books and accounts of all private institutions with which the state has any dealings so far only as the same relate to such dealings. If any public officer having control of any such office or institutions fails or refuses to comply with the directions of the commissioner, the commissioner shall report the facts to the governor and to the manager of the state bonding fund, and such refusal constitutes grounds for removal from office and cancellation of the bond of such officer.
N.D.C.C. § 6-01-25