"See N.D.C.C. ?? 23-11-02; Ferch v. Housing Auth. of Cass Cnty., 79 N.D. 764, 788-89, 59 N.W.2d 849, 865-66 (1953). [A] public corporation is one created by the State for political purposes, and to act as an agency in the administration of civil government within a particular territory or subdivision of the State, such as a county, cit" . . . . .