N.D. Cent. Code § 40-57-20

The legislative assembly declares and finds that it is and has been the purpose of this chapter to sanction, authorize, and encourage activities in the public interest and for the welfare of the state, its municipal subdivisions, and people by assisting establishment of additional industrial plants and activities within the state and increasing production of wealth and adding to the volume of employment, particularly during those seasons when employment in farming and ranching is slack, thus alleviating unemployment among the people of the state.