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NH Rev Stat § 44:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:3 - City Councils.

    44:3 City Councils. –||The administration of all the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of any city, and the government thereof, shall be vested in one principal officer called mayor, a board of aldermen, and a common council, and the said mayor and aldermen and common council, in their joint capacity, shall be called the city councils.|||Source. 1846, 384:2. 1855, 1699:2. GS 40:3. GL 44:3. PS 46:3. PL 50:3. RL 62:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:4 - Wards.

    44:4 Wards. –||Each ward into which a city may be divided by law, or in pursuance of law, shall be a town for the purpose of the election of governor, councilor, state senator, representative to the general court, all county officers, senator and representative in congress, and electors of president and vice-president of the United States, and in all matters relating to jurors.|||Source. 1846, 384:5. 1848, 615:3. 1855, 1699:5. GS 40:4. GL 44:4. PS 46:4. PL 50:4. RL 62:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:4-a - Boundaries of Wards.

    44:4-a Boundaries of Wards. –||All boundaries of wards, other than those boundaries which are coterminous with the boundaries of municipalities, shall follow easily identifiable physical features. For the purposes of this section, physical features include public and private ways, public utility lines, railroad tracks, and surface waters. Ward lines shall be clearly shown on a map of suitable scale. Those portions of physical features with names and used as ward boundaries shall be clearly labeled on the ward map.|||Source. 1998, 58:1, eff. July 11, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:5 - Voters and Checklists.

    44:5 Voters and Checklists. –||Any person having his or her domicile within the city, qualified to vote as provided in RSA 654:1 through 654:6 and whose name is on the checklist shall be qualified to vote in city elections. The supervisors of the checklist shall prepare, post, and revise the checklist for city elections in the same manner as for a state election as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31.|||Source. 1848, 615:3, 4. GS 40:5. GL 44:5. PS 46:5. PL 50:5. RL 62:5. RSA 44:5. 1979, 410:15. 2003, 27:1. 2010, 317:1, eff. July 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:6 - Ward Clerk.

    44:6 Ward Clerk. –||The ward clerk shall deliver to his successor in office all records, record books, journals, files, papers and other things whatsoever held by him in his capacity of clerk.|||Source. 1846, 384:6. 1848, 615:5. GS 40:10. GL 44:10. 1881, 33:1. PS 46:11. PL 50:6. RL 62:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:7 - General Elections.

    44:7 General Elections. –||All meetings of the voters for the election of county, state, or United States officers, who are voted for by the people, shall be held in their respective wards at the time legally appointed for those elections respectively.|||Source. GS 40:11. GL 44:11. PS 46:12. PL 50:7. RL 62:7. 2003, 289:6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:8 - Drawing Jurors.

    44:8 Drawing Jurors. –||The selectmen and clerk of each ward shall perform the same duties in relation to jurors as are incumbent on like officers of towns subject to RSA 500-A.|||Source. 1851, 1098:1. GS 40:12. GL 44:12. PS 46:13. PL 50:8. RL 62:8. RSA 44:8. 1981, 527:3, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:9 - Local Statutes.

    44:9 Local Statutes. –||All statutes heretofore passed applying to particular cities shall remain in force.|||Source. GS 40:13. GL 44:13. PS 46:11. PL 50:9. RL 62:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:9-a - Fixed by Governing Body.

    44:9-a Fixed by Governing Body. –||Salaries of all city officials and employees, excluding court personnel, shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions, if any, of the respective city charter; otherwise by the governing body of the city.|||Source. 1961, 36:1, eff. May 20, 1961.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:10 - Budget Hearings.

    44:10 Budget Hearings. –||A public hearing on the annual budget of every city shall be held before the final adoption of said budget at such time and place as the city council shall direct, provided that notice of such public hearing shall be published by the city clerk at least one week in advance of said hearing, and posted, together with a summary of the budget as submitted, in 2 public places at least one week in advance of said hearing.|||Source. 1943, 130:1, eff. April 24, 1943.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:10-a - Contingency Fund.

    44:10-a Contingency Fund. –||Every city, by its council, may establish a contingency fund to meet the cost of unanticipated expenses that may arise during the year. Such fund shall not exceed one percent of the amount expended by the city for city purposes, exclusive of school department costs, capital expenditures and amortization of debt during the preceding year. A detailed report of all expenditures from the contingency fund shall be made annually by the treasurer and published in his report.|||Source. 1965, 123:2, eff. July 27, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:11 - Times.

    44:11 Times. –||I. The meeting of the voters of each ward for the election of city and ward officers shall be held on such day as may be fixed by law or by ordinance of the city council but in no event shall it be held in conjunction with a biennial election; and all ward and city officers who are chosen by the people shall hold their respective offices for the term and from the day fixed by law or ordinance, and until others are appointed in their stead. The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to a special election held to fill a vacancy for the office of a city or a ward officer.||II. In the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1, the election may be postponed and rescheduled in the manner provided in that section, except that all references to the moderator shall be deemed to refer to the city clerk.|||Source. 1846, 384:4. 1855, 1699:7. GS 40:6. GL 44:6. PS 46:6. PL 50:10. RL 62:10. RSA 44:11. 1977, 435:3. 1987, 127:1. 2003, 289:7, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. 2019, 192:3, eff. July 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:12 - Ward Officers.

    44:12 Ward Officers. –||Three selectmen, a moderator and a clerk shall be elected in each of the wards, who shall have the powers, perform the duties, and be subject to the liabilities, of those officers in towns, so far as relates to the warning of meetings, conducting elections, counting and declaring votes, recording the same, making returns of the votes received and certificates of elections, and all other matters relating to elections.|||Source. 1846, 384:6. 1848, 615:4. 1855, 1699:6. GS 40:7. GL 44:7. PS 46:7. PL 50:11. RL 62:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:13 - Time Polls Open.

    44:13 Time Polls Open. –||In all elections by the voters in their wards the polls shall be open not less than 4 hours and may be opened not earlier than 6 o'clock in the forenoon of the day of election, nor later than 8 o'clock in the evening, as the city councils in said cities shall determine, at least 30 days prior to elections; and but one ballot shall be had during the day of each officer to be voted for.|||Source. 1856, 1858:6. GS 40:8. GL 44:8. PS 46:8. 1913, 73:1. PL 50:12. RL 62:12. 1945, 86:1, eff. April 3, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:13-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:13-a - Absentee Voting.

    44:13-a Absentee Voting. –||All cities shall provide for absentee voting at city elections. The provisions of RSA 669:26 through 669:29 shall apply, except that all the duties performed therein by the town clerk shall be performed by the city clerk.|||Source. 1979, 410:14, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:14 - Procedure.

    44:14 Procedure. –||In all elections of city and ward officers the person having the highest number of votes for any office shall be elected; and if a number of persons greater than the number to be chosen shall severally receive the largest and an equal number of votes, so that no choice is made, the balloting shall be continued till the requisite number of persons shall be chosen; but no balloting shall be begun between sunset and sunrise.|||Source. 1849, 837:1. 1856, 1858:6. GS 40:9. GL 44:9. PS 46:9. PL 50:13. RL 62:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:15 - Record.

    44:15 Record. –||The ward clerk shall record the votes and proceedings of all ward meetings, shall enter upon the record the names of all persons voted for and the number of votes given for each, in words, at length; and shall, within 7 days after any meeting of the ward, deliver to the clerk of the city in which the ward is situated a certified copy of the record of the meeting, which copy shall be preserved as a part of the records of the city. He shall receive for such copy $1.|||Source. 1846, 384:6. 1848, 615:5. GS 40:10. GL 44:10. 1881, 33:1. PS 46:10. PL 50:14. RL 62:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:16 - Public Water Supplies.

    44:16 Public Water Supplies. –||Upon the written application of 10 percent of the registered voters in any city, presented to the city clerk prior to the municipal election, the city clerk shall insert on the ballot to be used at said election the following question: "Shall fluoride be used in the public water system?" Beside this question shall be printed the word "yes" and the word "no" with the proper boxes for the voter to indicate his or her choice. If a majority of those voting in a water system that serves one municipality at said election does not approve the use of fluoride in the public water system for said city, no fluoride shall be introduced into the public water system. If fluoride has, prior to said vote, been so introduced, such use shall be discontinued until such time as the majority of those voting in the town approve the use of such fluoride. After such popular referendum, the city clerk shall not insert the aforementioned question relative to the use of fluoride in the public water system on the ballot to be used at the municipal election for a minimum period of 3 years from the date of the last popular referendum, and only upon written application at that time of not less than 10 percent of the registered voters of said city. The procedure for a referendum on the use of fluoride in a city that is part of a water system serving more than one municipality shall be the procedure in RSA 485:14-a.|||Source. 1959, 273:2. 1979, 335:2. 2004, 225:4. 2008, 230:7, eff. Aug. 19, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:17 - Recounts.

    44:17 Recounts. –||If 25 legal voters of a city shall, before the expiration of 15 days from the date of an annual or biennial municipal meeting, apply in writing to the city clerk for a recount of the ballots cast at said meeting on a question affecting said city only, the clerk shall appoint a time for the recount not earlier than 7 days nor later than 10 days after the receipt of said application. The applicants for such recount shall pay to the city clerk for the use of the city a fee of $25. At the time appointed, the city council shall meet in convention and shall recount the ballots under such rules of procedure as they shall determine.|||Source. 1979, 410:24, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:18 - Declaration of Result.

    44:18 Declaration of Result. –||If, in case of a recount of such votes, it shall appear that the result of the voting on said question is other than that declared upon a canvass of the votes by the city council after a municipal election, the city council shall declare the result found by it upon such recount and such declaration shall be final unless the result is changed upon appeal to the superior court.|||Source. 1979, 410:24, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:19 - Applicability of Election Laws.

    44:19 Applicability of Election Laws. –||Cities holding elections on days other than those of state elections shall be governed by the provisions of RSA 658 and 659 in the choice of city and ward officers insofar as such provisions are not inconsistent with city charter provisions or other state statutes.|||Source. 1979, 410:24, eff. July 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 44:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 44 - Cities and Wards|Section 44:20 - Color of Ballots.

    44:20 Color of Ballots. –||In cities which use more than one ballot during any city election, each ballot shall be of a different color than any other ballot used at the election.|||Source. 1991, 370:1, eff. Aug. 31, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:1 - Procedure.

    45:1 Procedure. –||The qualified voters in each ward, at the meeting for the choice of city and ward officers, shall give in to the moderator their votes for a mayor of the city, which shall be received, sorted, counted and declared, and a record thereof made in the same manner as votes for senators; and a copy of the record, certified by the moderator, a majority of the selectmen and the ward clerk, shall be delivered by the ward clerk to the city clerk within 24 hours after the meeting.|||Source. 1846, 384:7. 1855, 1699:9. GS 41:1. GL 45:1. PS 47:1. PL 51:1. RL 63:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:2 - Canvass; Notice.

    45:2 Canvass;  Notice. –||The city councils shall meet in convention on the day appointed by law or ordinance for that purpose, and the city clerk, having entered upon the record the number of votes given in each ward for every person voted for as mayor, shall lay before the convention the returns of such votes, and the convention shall examine the same and declare the person who has the largest number of votes to be elected mayor, and cause him to be notified of his election.|||Source. 1846, 384:7. 1849, 837:1. GS 41:2. GL 45:2. PS 47:2. PL 51:2. RL 63:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:3 - Contest.

    45:3 Contest. –||In case the election of mayor is contested the city councils in convention shall have power to send for persons and papers, may inquire into the correctness of the returns, and shall hear and receive evidence as to any fraud or misconduct in relation to the election; and for that purpose may adjourn from time to time, not later than the time appointed for the convention of the new city councils.|||Source. 1859, 2250:1. GS 41:3. GL 45:3. PS 47:3. PL 51:3. RL 63:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:4 - Non-Election.

    45:4 Non-Election. –||If no person is elected mayor, or if the person elected declines, the convention shall make a record of the fact and appoint a day for another election; and the mayor and aldermen shall issue their precept to the selectmen of the several wards, requiring them to call meetings of their wards on the day so appointed; and the same proceedings shall be had from time to time until a mayor is chosen.|||Source. 1846, 384:7. 1849, 837:2. 1855, 1699:9. GS 41:4. GL 45:4. PS 47:4. PL 51:4. RL 63:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:5 - Temporary Chairman.

    45:5 Temporary Chairman. –||In case a vacancy occurs in the office of mayor of any city, by death, resignation or otherwise, the board of aldermen shall elect one of their number chairman, who shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of mayor until the vacancy shall be filled by the election and qualification of a mayor.|||Source. 1871, 23:2. GL 45:12. PS 47:12. 1895, 41:4. PL 51:5. RL 63:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:6 - Election to Fill.

    45:6 Election to Fill. –||As soon as may be after such vacancy shall occur, the board of aldermen and the common council shall meet and respectively declare the existence of such vacancy and the cause thereof, whereupon said board of aldermen and the common council shall meet in convention and elect a mayor, who shall serve until the next regular election and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. No person who is at the time of the occurring of the vacancy a member of either the board of aldermen or the common council shall be eligible to election by said convention.|||Source. 1871, 23:2. GL 45:12. PS 47:12. 1895, 41:1. PL 51:6. RL 63:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:7 - Chief Executive.

    45:7 Chief Executive. –||The mayor thus chosen and qualified shall be the chief executive officer of the city, and for the preservation of the peace shall have the powers of sheriff and conservator of the peace, and, in case of any unlawful assembly, may appoint as many special constables as he may think expedient, giving to each such badge of office as the city councils have designated or as he shall designate.|||Source. 1846, 384:9. 1855, 1699:12. GS 41:6. GL 45:5. PS 47:5. PL 51:7. RL 63:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:8 - Supervision.

    45:8 Supervision. –||He shall cause the laws and regulations of the city to be executed, and shall exercise a general supervision over the conduct of all subordinate officers and cause their violation or neglect of duty to be punished.|||Source. 1846, 384:9. 1855, 1699:12. GS 41:7. GL 45:6. PS 47:6. PL 51:8. RL 63:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:9 - Presiding; Veto.

    45:9 Presiding;  Veto. –||He shall preside in the board of aldermen and in convention of city councils, and shall be ex-officio chairman of the board of overseers of the public welfare. He shall have a negative upon the action of the aldermen in laying out highways, and in all other matters; but shall have no vote except in case of an equal division; and no vote can be passed or appointment made by the board of aldermen over his veto unless by a vote of 2/3, at least, of all the aldermen elected.|||Source. GS 41:8. 1871, 24:1. GL 45:7. PS 47:7. PL 51:9. RL 63:9. 1945, 176:1, eff. May 17, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:10 - Calling Meetings.

    45:10 Calling Meetings. –||He may call special meetings of the board of aldermen and common council, or either of them, when in his opinion the interests of the city require it, by causing a notification to be given to, or left at the abode of, each member of the board to be convened.|||Source. 1846, 384:9. 1855, 1699:12. GS 41:9. GL 45:8. PS 47:8. PL 51:10. RL 63:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:11 - Messages.

    45:11 Messages. –||He shall from time to time communicate to the city councils, respectively, such information, and recommend such measures as the interests of the city shall, in his judgment, require.|||Source. 1846, 384:9. 1855, 1699:12. GS 41:10. GL 45:9. PS 47:9. PL 51:11. RL 63:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:12 - Salary.

    45:12 Salary. –||He shall receive for his services such salary as the city councils shall determine, payable at stated periods, and shall receive no other compensation; and such salary shall not be increased or diminished from the time of any election till the close of the term of the mayor then elected.|||Source. 1846, 384:9. 1855, 1699:12. GS 41:11. GL 45:10. PS 47:10. PL 51:12. RL 63:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 45:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 45 - Mayors of Cities|Section 45:13 - Absence or Disability of Mayor.

    45:13 Absence or Disability of Mayor. –||The board of aldermen where the city government is composed of 2 bodies, or the city council where the city government is composed of one body, may choose one of their members to be chairman, and, whenever the mayor of any city shall be absent or shall be disabled by sickness or otherwise, he shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties of the mayor during his absence or disability.|||Source. 1871, 23:1. GL 45:11. PS 47:11. 1911, 105:1. PL 51:13. RL 63:13.|