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NH Rev Stat § 51:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:2 - Perambulation of Town Lines.

    51:2 Perambulation of Town Lines. –||The lines between the towns in this state shall be perambulated, and the marks and bounds renewed, once in every 7 years forever, by the selectmen of the towns, or by such persons as they shall in writing appoint for that purpose.|||Source. RS 37:2. CS 39:2. GS 47:2. GL 51:2. PS 52:2. PL 56:2. RL 69:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 51:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:3 - Additional Perambulation.

    51:3 Additional Perambulation. –||If the selectmen of any town deem it necessary that the town lines be perambulated or any marks and bounds renewed at other times than at the regular perambulation provided for by RSA 51:2 they may give notice to the selectmen of the town adjoining and the procedure for said perambulation or renewing of bounds shall be the same as that provided in RSA 51:2, 4-7.|||Source. 1935, 38:1. RL 69:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 51:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:4 - Return.

    51:4 Return. –||A return of the perambulation shall be made, particularly describing the courses and distances and the marks and monuments of such line, which shall be signed by the selectmen or persons making the same, recorded in the respective town books, and filed with the secretary of state.|||Source. RS 37:3. CS 39:3. GS 47:3. GL 51:3. PS 52:3. PL 56:3. RL 69:8. RSA 51:4. 1969, 67:1, eff. June 13, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 51:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:5 - Notice.

    51:5 Notice. –||The selectmen of the town first incorporated, or, if both were incorporated on the same day, of the town which is highest in the proportion of public taxes, shall give to the selectmen of the town adjoining notice of the time and place of meeting for such perambulation 10 days before the day of meeting.|||Source. RS 37:4. CS 39:4. GS 47:4. GL 51:4. PS 52:4. PL 56:4. RL 69:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 51:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:6 - Penalty for Selectmen's Neglect to Give Notice or Attend.

    51:6 Penalty for Selectmen's Neglect to Give Notice or Attend. –||If the selectmen whose duty it is to give such notice shall neglect to notify as aforesaid, or shall neglect to attend agreeably to such notice, or if the selectmen of any town, after being duly notified, shall neglect to attend, or if any selectman shall neglect to cause a return of such perambulation to be made and recorded as aforesaid, each selectman so neglecting shall be guilty of a violation. Any fines collected shall be distributed with 1/2 for the use of the town whose selectmen have done their duty, and the other half to the use of the county.|||Source. RS 37:5. CS 39:5. GS 47:5. GL 51:5. PS 52:5. PL 56:5. RL 69:10. RSA 51:6. 1973, 531:15, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 51:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:7 - Disagreement.

    51:7 Disagreement. –||I. When the selectmen of adjoining towns shall disagree in renewing and establishing the lines and bounds of such towns, the superior court for the county in which the town first incorporated or paying the highest tax as aforesaid is situate, upon petition and after notice to the other towns interested, shall, either examine said disputed lines or appoint a committee for that purpose, and the court's decision thereon shall be final; and the court may order either or both towns to pay the costs, as deemed just.||II. For a dispute as to the actual location of a town line arising in a matter on appeal before the board of tax and land appeals pursuant to RSA 76:16-a, the board of tax and land appeals shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the superior court and shall have the authority granted the superior court in paragraph I.|||Source. RS 37:6. CS 39:6. GS 47:6. GL 51:6. PS 52:6. PL 56:6. RL 69:11. 1951, 221:5. 1998, 344:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 51:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:8 - By County Commissioners.

    51:8 By County Commissioners. –||When the place next to any town has no organization and is on the line of adjoining counties, the county commissioners of the county in which the place is situated shall be empowered to act in the perambulation of the line between the county and town, and shall be notified and proceed in the same manner and subject to the same liabilities as the selectmen of towns.|||Source. 1881, 61:1. PS 52:7. PL 56:7. RL 69:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 51:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 51 - Town Lines and Perambulation of Boundaries|Section 51:9 - Alteration of Town Lines.

    51:9 Alteration of Town Lines. –||No portion of the territory of any town or city shall be united with another town or city unless the legislative enactment providing for such union shall be ratified by 2/3 of the voters of each town or city affected, present and voting by ballot at the regular annual or biennial meeting for the election of town or city officers held next after the passage of such act.|||Source. 1903, 99:1, 2. PL 56:8. RL 69:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:1 - Establishment.

    52:1 Establishment. –||I. Upon the petition of 10 or more voters, persons domiciled in any village situated in one or more towns, the selectmen of the town or towns shall fix, by suitable boundaries, a district including such parts of the town or towns as may seem convenient, for any of the following purposes:||(a) The extinguishment of fires;||(b) The lighting or sprinkling of streets;||(c) The planting and care for shade and ornamental trees;||(d) The supply of water for domestic and fire purposes, which may include the protection of sources of supply;||(e) The construction and maintenance of sidewalks and main drains or common sewers;||(f) The construction, operation, and maintenance of sewage and waste treatment plants;||(g) The construction, maintenance, and care of parks or commons;||(h) The maintenance of activities for recreational promotion;||(i) The construction or purchase and maintenance of a municipal lighting plant;||(j) The control of pollen, insects, and pests;||(k) The impoundment of water;||(l) The appointing and employment of watchmen and police officers;||(m) The layout, acceptance, construction, and maintenance of roads; and||(n) The maintenance of ambulance services.||II. The voters who are domiciled in any village shall cause a record of the petition, pursuant to paragraph I, and their proceedings thereon to be recorded in the records of the towns in which the district is situate.|||Source. 1849, 852:1. CS 116:1. GS 97:1. GL 107:1. 1889, 82:1. PS 53:1. 1909, 27:1. 1911, 5:1. PL 57:1. 1939, 108:1. RL 70:1. RSA 52:1. 1957, 179:1. 1961, 120:3. 1975, 13:1; 455:1. 1977, 154:1. 1981, 375:1. 2003, 289:14, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:1-a - Flood Control Projects.

    52:1-a Flood Control Projects. –||Any village district organized under the provisions of this chapter may at a regular or special village district meeting vote to cooperate or act jointly with other village districts or with towns to defray expenses and take other appropriate action necessary to protect its interest in connection with federal or interstate flood control projects. Such village district may enter into agreements with other districts or towns for the purposes hereof and in such case the agreement shall be governed by the conditions set.|||Source. 1957, 287:3, eff. Oct. 1, 1957.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:2 - Meeting to Consider.

    52:2 Meeting to Consider. –||Such selectmen shall also forthwith call a meeting of the voters domiciled in the district to see if they will vote to establish the district, and if so to choose necessary officers therefor. They shall call the meeting and give notice thereof as town meetings are called and warned, excepting that the warrant shall be posted at 2 or more public places in the district.|||Source. 1849, 852:2, 3, 4. CS 116:2, 3, 4. GS 97:2. GL 107:2. PS 53:2. PL 57:2. RL 70:2. 2003, 289:15, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:2-a - Budgetary Official Ballot.

    52:2-a Budgetary Official Ballot. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any village district may vote to raise and appropriate money for the support of the district by official ballot as provided for in RSA 49-D:3, II-a, by following the procedures set forth in RSA 49-B. The village district may also include within its charter a plan for voting by official ballot, pursuant to RSA 49-B and RSA 49-D, on such other warrant articles as the village district may determine. For the purposes of this section, all references in RSA 49-B and RSA 49-D to "municipal," "municipality," "city," and "town" shall mean and include "village district," and all references to "elected body" and "governing body" shall mean and include "district commissioners."|||Source. 1995, 53:5. 1997, 319:8, eff. Aug. 22, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:3 - Procedure and Powers.

    52:3 Procedure and Powers. –||I. At such meeting the legal voters may by vote establish the district, give to it a name, and choose necessary officers therefor to hold office until the first annual meeting of the district.||II. The district shall thereupon be a body corporate and politic, and shall have all the powers in relation to the objects for which it was established that towns have or may have in relation to like objects, and all that are necessary for the accomplishment of its purposes.||III. The district may at an annual meeting vote to raise such sums of money as the voters judge necessary for the purpose of reducing an accumulated general fund deficit.|||Source. 1849, 852:2-4, 7. CS 116:2-4, 7. GS 97:2, 4. 1874, 11:1. GL 107:2, 4. 1887, 42:1. 1889, 11:1. PS 53:3. PL 57:3. RL 70:3. RSA 52:3. 1994, 147:3, eff. July 22, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:3-a - Commissioners Duties; Acceptance by Municipalities of Roads.

    52:3-a Commissioners Duties;  Acceptance by Municipalities of Roads. –||I. In addition to the general powers provided in RSA 52:3, the commissioners of a village district formed for the purposes of RSA 52:1, I(m), shall have the same powers, duties and responsibilities of selectmen of towns which are granted or required pursuant to RSA Title XX; and, where appropriate, selectmen of towns shall be construed to mean commissioners of village districts.||I-a. The commissioners shall publish in the next annual report, or post at the annual meeting, the general fund balance sheet from the most recently completed audited financial statements or from the financial report filed pursuant to RSA 21-J:34, V.||I-b. In the case of an accumulated general fund deficit, the commissioners shall insert an article in the warrant recommending such action as they deem appropriate, which may include, but is not limited to, raising a sum of money for the purpose of reducing that deficit.||II. No town or city shall be required to accept, lay out or maintain any road solely because the road was established or maintained by a village district. Dissolution of a village district under RSA 52:21 shall not affect the powers, duties and responsibilities of a city or town to accept, lay out, maintain or otherwise assume responsibility for any road established by that village district.||III. No town or city shall levy any fee or collect any tax for the use by any utility of roads maintained by a village district under RSA 52:1, I(m), except on the vote of the village district commissioners for remittance to the village district.|||Source. 1975, 455:2. 1979, 72:1. 1994, 147:4, eff. July 22, 1994. 2015, 83:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:4 - Appropriations.

    52:4 Appropriations. –||I. No village district shall raise or appropriate money, or reduce or rescind any appropriation of money previously authorized, at any special meeting of the voters thereof except by vote by ballot, nor unless the ballots cast at such meeting shall be equal in number to at least 1/2 of the number of voters of such district at the regular meeting next preceding such special meeting; and if a checklist was used at the last preceding regular meeting the same shall be used to ascertain the number of voters in the district; and such checklist, corrected according to law, shall be used at such special meeting upon request of 10 voters. In case of an emergency arising in a district for which immediate expenditure of money is necessary, the district through its commissioners may appeal to the superior court for permission to hold a special district meeting which, if granted, shall give said meeting the same authority as the annual district meeting.||II. Ten days prior to petitioning the superior court, the district commissioners shall notify, by certified mail, the commissioner of the department of revenue administration that an emergency exists by providing the commissioner with a copy of the explanation of the emergency, the warrant article or articles and the petition to be submitted to the superior court. The petition to the superior court shall include a certification that the commissioner of the department of revenue administration has been notified pursuant to this paragraph.|||Source. 1907, 121:1. PL 57:4. 1931, 103:1. RL 70:4. 1943, 88:1. RSA 52:4. 1989, 172:2. 2003, 289:16, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:4-a - Contingency Fund.

    52:4-a Contingency Fund. –||Every village district annually by an article in the warrant 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 appropriated exclusive of capital expenditures and amortization of debt by such village district during the preceding year. A detailed report of all expenditures from the contingency fund shall be made annually by the commissioners and published with their report.|||Source. 1965, 123:3, eff. July 27, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:5 - Changing Boundaries.

    52:5 Changing Boundaries. –||I. The selectmen of towns in which any such district has been established upon petition, after notice to parties interested and a hearing, may change the boundaries thereof; and the district shall cause the petition and the return of the selectmen's proceedings and decision thereon to be recorded in the records of the district, and of the towns in which it is situated, within 60 days after the decision.||II. In the case of any district formed for the purpose of impoundment of water, any such change of boundaries shall be ratified before taking effect by the voters domiciled in the district and in any area proposed to be added to the district in the same manner as is required for the initial establishment of the district.||III. In the case of any district formed for the purpose of the supply of water for domestic and fire purposes, which may include the protection of sources of supply, any such change of boundaries shall be ratified before taking effect by the voters domiciled in the district and in any area proposed to be added to the district in the same manner as is required for the initial establishment of the district.|||Source. 1853, 1421. GS 97:6. GL 107:6. 1887, 28:1. PS 53:4. PL 57:5. RL 70:5. RSA 52:5. 1975, 13:2. 2002, 174:2. 2003, 289:17, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:6 - Added Powers.

    52:6 Added Powers. –||A district established for any of the purposes mentioned in RSA 52:1 may from time to time by vote add thereto any other of said purposes; and from and after such vote it shall have all the powers and rights in relation to the new purposes that it previously had in relation to its original purposes.|||Source. PS 53:5. PL 57:6. RL 70:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:7 - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XIII, eff. July 1, 1979.

    52:7 Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XIII, eff. July 1, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 52:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:8 - Duties.

    52:8 Duties. –||The moderator, clerk, treasurer and commissioners shall severally qualify and possess the same powers and perform the same duties in respect to the district's meetings and business affairs that the moderator, clerk, treasurer and selectmen of towns respectively possess and perform in respect to like matters in towns.|||Source. 1849, 852:5, 6. CS 116:5, 6. GS 97:3. GL 107:3. PS 53:7. 1905, 99:1. PL 57:8. RL 70:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:8-a - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XIV, eff. July 1, 1979.

    52:8-a Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XIV, eff. July 1, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 52:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:9 - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XV, eff. July 1, 1979.

    52:9 Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XV, eff. July 1, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 52:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:9-a - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XVI, eff. July 1, 1979.

    52:9-a Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XVI, eff. July 1, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 52:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:10 - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XVII, eff. July 1, 1979.

    52:10 Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XVII, eff. July 1, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 52:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:11 - Fire Department Engineers.

    52:11 Fire Department Engineers. –||The commissioners shall appoint a chief engineer and assistant engineers to serve in the fire department for the ensuing year, and may remove them, for cause, after notice and hearing.|||Source. 1849, 852:5, 6. CS 116:5, 6. GS 97:3. GL 107:3. PS 53:7. 1905, 99:1. PL 57:11. RL 70:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:11-a - Voting at District Meetings.

    52:11-a Voting at District Meetings. –||Votes at district meetings shall be conducted according to the procedures established for town meetings in RSA 40:4-a, 4-b, and 6.|||Source. 1971, 524:4, eff. July 7, 1971.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:11-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:11-b - Public Body.

    52:11-b Public Body. –||Every legislative body, governing body, board, commission, or committee of any village district established under this chapter shall be deemed a "public body" under RSA 91-A and shall be subject to all applicable provisions of that chapter.|||Source. 2021, 118:1, eff. Sept. 7, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:12 - Annual Meetings.

    52:12 Annual Meetings. –||The annual meeting of each district shall be held between January 1 and May 1 of each year. In the case of a district formed for the purpose of impoundment of water, the annual meeting shall be held at another time of the year if so voted at a previous meeting.|||Source. 1849, 852:8. CS 116:8. GS 97:5. GL 107:5. PS 53:8. 1899, 49:1. PL 57:12. RL 70:12. RSA 52:12. 1975, 13:3. 1981, 375:2, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:13 - Warning of Meetings.

    52:13 Warning of Meetings. –||In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioners, or of their neglect or refusal to warn a meeting or insert an article in a warrant, or of failure to hold an annual meeting, a meeting of the district may be called and warned in the same manner as in like cases in towns.|||Source. 1883, 6:1, 2. PS 53:9. PL 57:13. RL 70:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:14 - Special Meetings.

    52:14 Special Meetings. –||The commissioners when calling a special district meeting shall, within one week after posting the warrant therefor, cause a copy of said warrant to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in said district.|||Source. 1945, 39:2, eff. Mar. 6, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 52:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:14-a - Repealed by 1993, 176:18, eff. Aug. 8, 1993.

    52:14-a Repealed by 1993, 176:18, eff. Aug. 8, 1993. –|
NH Rev Stat § 52:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 52 - Village Districts|Section 52:15 - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XVIII, eff. July 1, 1979.

    52:15 Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XVIII, eff. July 1, 1979. –|