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NH Rev Stat § 46:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:1 - Election.

    46:1 Election. –||There shall be chosen in each ward, at the regular meeting thereof, by ballot and by plurality of votes, so many aldermen and common councilmen as shall be authorized by law or ordinance. If the choice of aldermen, common councilmen and ward officers cannot be conveniently completed on that day the meeting may be adjourned from day to day to complete the choice.|||Source. 1846, 384:6, 7. 1855, 1699:7. GS 42:1. GL 46:1. PS 48:1. PL 52:1. RL 64:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:2 - Notice of Election.

    46:2 Notice of Election. –||The ward clerk shall, within 24 hours after such choice, deliver to each person chosen alderman or common councilman a certified copy of the record of his election, signed by himself, the moderator and a majority of the selectmen.|||Source. 1846, 384:6. 1855, 1699:7. GS 42:2. GL 46:2. PS 48:2. PL 52:2. RL 64:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:3 - Contested Election; Vacancy.

    46:3 Contested Election;  Vacancy. –||Each branch shall be the final judge of the election and qualification of its members, and, if any election is contested, shall have the same powers to ascertain the facts as the city convention have in regard to the election of mayor; and in case of a vacancy in their branch, by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining members of such branch shall call a new election in the ward in which the vacancy shall have occurred, to fill the same.|||Source. 1846, 384:12, 13. 1848, 615:7. 1855, 1699:15. GS 42:11. 1874, 49:1. GL 46:11. PS 48:11. PL 52:7. RL 64:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:4 - Oath.

    46:4 Oath. –||The mayor, aldermen and common council shall meet in convention, on such day as shall be appointed by law or ordinance, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when the oath of office may be administered to the mayor-elect, if present, by any judge or justice of the peace, and to the aldermen and common councilmen by the mayor or any justice of the peace.|||Source. 1846, 384:8. 1855, 1699:11. GS 42:3. GL 46:3. PS 48:3. PL 52:3. RL 64:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:5 - Record of.

    46:5 Record of. –||A record that the oaths have been so taken shall be made in the journal of the mayor and aldermen, and of the common council, by their respective clerks.|||Source. 1846, 384:8. 1855, 1699:11. GS 42:4. GL 46:4. PS 48:4. PL 52:4. RL 64:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:6 - Subsequently Taken.

    46:6 Subsequently Taken. –||If from any cause the mayor or any of the aldermen or common councilmen are not then sworn the oath may be administered to them at any time thereafter, a record thereof being made on the journal of their board.|||Source. 1846, 384:8. GS 42:5. GL 46:5. PS 48:5. PL 52:5. RL 64:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:7 - One Board.

    46:7 One Board. –||The mayor and aldermen shall compose one board, and shall sit and act together as one body, at all meetings of which the mayor, if present, shall preside; but in his absence a chairman shall be chosen.|||Source. 1846, 384:10. 1855, 1699:2, 12. GS 42:6. GL 46:6. PS 48:6. PL 52:10. RL 64:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:8 - Distinct From Mayor and Aldermen.

    46:8 Distinct From Mayor and Aldermen. –||The persons chosen and qualified as members of the common council shall sit and act together as one board, distinct from the mayor and aldermen, except when the 2 bodies are required to act in convention.|||Source. 1846, 384:13. 1855, 1699:15. GS 42:7. GL 46:7. PS 48:7. PL 52:15. RL 64:15.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:9 - President.

    46:9 President. –||The common council shall from time to time choose one of their members to preside at all meetings of the board, who shall have, for the preservation of order, the powers of a moderator in town meeting.|||Source. 1846, 384:13. 1855, 1699:15. GS 42:8. GL 46:8. PS 48:8. PL 52:16. RL 64:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:10 - Clerk.

    46:10 Clerk. –||They shall choose a clerk, who shall hold his office during their pleasure, shall attend their sessions and keep a record of their acts, doings and proceedings, and perform such other services in his office as the council shall require.|||Source. 1846, 384:13. 1855, 1699:15. GS 42:9. GL 46:9. PS 48:9. PL 52:17. RL 64:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:11 - Compensation; Ineligibility.

    46:11 Compensation;  Ineligibility. –||No member of either branch, except the mayor, shall receive any compensation for his services, or shall hold any office or agency created during his continuance in office.|||Source. 1846, 384:2. 1855, 1699:2. GS 42:13. GL 46:13. PS 48:13. PL 52:9. RL 64:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:12 - Quorum; Procedure.

    46:12 Quorum;  Procedure. –||A majority of each branch of the city councils shall be a quorum for the transaction of business; their meetings shall be public, and, on motion of any member, the yeas and nays on any question shall be taken and entered upon the journal.|||Source. 1846, 384:2. 1855, 1699:2, 13. GS 42:10. GL 46:10. PS 48:10. PL 52:6. RL 64:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 46:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 46 - Aldermen and Councilmen|Section 46:13 - Rules.

    46:13 Rules. –||Each branch may make, alter or repeal rules for the orderly transaction of its business; and the 2 branches, by concurrent vote, may make and alter joint rules for the transaction of the business of the 2 branches.|||Source. 1855, 1699:13. GS 42:12. GL 46:12. PS 48:12. PL 52:8. RL 64:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:1 - In General.

    47:1 In General. –||All the powers vested by law in towns, or in the inhabitants thereof, shall be exercised by the city councils by concurrent vote, each board having a negative on the other.|||Source. 1846, 384:14. 1855, 1699:16. GS 44:1. GL 48:1. PS 50:1. PL 54:1. RL 66:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:1-a - Contracts With Firefighting Units.

    47:1-a Contracts With Firefighting Units. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no city council shall contract with any private firefighting unit unless said unit has been certified by the state fire marshal pursuant to RSA 153:4-a.|||Source. 1983, 101:1, eff. May 24, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:1-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:1-b - Special Revenue Funds.

    47:1-b Special Revenue Funds. –||Cities may, pursuant to RSA 47:1-c, vote to restrict revenues from a specific source to expenditures for specific purposes. Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted for in a special revenue fund separate from the general fund. Any surplus in such fund shall not be deemed part of the general fund accumulated surplus nor shall any surplus be expended for any purpose or transferred to any appropriation until such time as the legislative body shall have voted to appropriate a specific amount from said fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose or source of the revenue. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the establishment of capital reserve funds pursuant to RSA 34 or city created trust funds pursuant to RSA 31:19-a. The provisions of this section shall be limited to those municipal activities funded primarily through user fees including, but not limited to, municipal airports and solid waste facilities.|||Source. 1989, 279:2, eff. July 28, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:1-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:1-c - Procedure for Adoption.

    47:1-c Procedure for Adoption. –||I. Any city may adopt the provisions of RSA 47:1-b to restrict revenues from a specific source to expenditures for specific purposes in the following manner:||(a) The legislative body may consider and act upon the question in accordance with their normal procedures for passage of resolutions, ordinances, and other legislation. The question shall not be placed on the official ballot.||(b) The city council shall hold a public hearing on the question at least 15 days but not more than 30 days before the question is to be voted on. Notice of the hearing shall be posted in at least 2 public places in the municipality and published in a newspaper of general circulation at least 7 days before the hearing.||(c) The wording of the question shall be: "Shall we adopt the provisions of RSA 47:1-b to restrict revenues from (here insert source) to expenditures for the purpose of (here insert purpose)? Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted for in a special revenue fund to be known as the (___) fund, separate from the general fund. Any surplus in said fund shall not be deemed part of the general fund accumulated surplus and shall be expended only after a vote by the legislative body to appropriate a specific amount from said fund for a specific purpose related to the purpose of the fund or source of the revenue."||II. If a majority of those voting on the question vote "Yes", RSA 47:1-b shall apply within the city on a date set by the city council.||III. If the question is not approved, the question may later be voted upon according to the provisions of RSA 47:1-c, I.||IV. (a) Any city which has adopted RSA 47:1-b may consider rescinding its action in the manner described in RSA 47:1-c, I(a) and (b). The wording of the question shall be the same as set out in RSA 47:1-c, I(c), except the word "adopt" shall be changed to "rescind."||(b) If a majority of those voting on the question vote "Yes", RSA 47:1-b shall not apply within the city following the date of the vote.|||Source. 1989, 279:2, eff. July 28, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:2 - Prescribing Offices; Disqualification.

    47:2 Prescribing Offices;  Disqualification. –||The city councils shall have the power to provide for the appointment or election of all necessary officers for the good government of the city not otherwise provided for, and to prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; but no person who is a member of the city councils shall be elected by the city councils or appointed by the mayor and aldermen to any office pertaining to elections, or where the remuneration of the office exceeds $100 in any one year. In case of the election or appointment of any member of the city councils to any office where the remuneration of the office does not exceed $100 in any one year, the member shall not be present or vote when the member's election or appointment is made.|||Source. 1846, 384:21. 1855, 1699:20. GS 44:2. GL 48:2. PS 50:2. 1921, 100:1. PL 54:2. RL 66:2. 1996, 268:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:3 - Election of Officers.

    47:3 Election of Officers. –||The city councils shall, at the times fixed by ordinance for that purpose, meet in convention, and by joint ballot elect a city treasurer and all other subordinate officers who are not chosen in the ward meetings, appointed by the mayor and aldermen or otherwise appointed by law; and all such officers shall hold their respective offices until others are elected or appointed and qualified in their stead.|||Source. 1846, 384:23. GS 44:3. GL 48:3. PS 50:3. PL 54:3. RL 66:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:4 - Vacancies.

    47:4 Vacancies. –||At a like convention, held by request of either branch of the city councils, they shall fill all vacancies that shall exist in the boards of assessors, overseers of the public welfare or school board, until an election shall be had, and all vacancies in any office to which they have power to elect.|||Source. 1846, 384:23. GS 44:4. GL 48:4. PS 50:4. PL 54:4. RL 66:5. RSA 47:4. 1957, 198:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:5 - City Property.

    47:5 City Property. –||The city councils shall have the care and superintendence of the city buildings, all city property and all public squares and streets; and the power to sell or let what may be legally so disposed of, and to purchase property, real or personal, for the use of the city, whenever the interests or convenience of the city shall require it.|||Source. 1846, 384:18. 1855, 1699:18. GS 44:5. GL 48:5. PS 50:5. PL 54:5. RL 66:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:6 - Financial Supervision.

    47:6 Financial Supervision. –||I. The city councils shall take proper care that no money be paid from the city treasury unless previously granted and appropriated, and shall secure a just and prompt accountability from all persons entrusted with the receipt, custody or disbursement of the money or funds of the city, or the care of its property.||II. At least yearly, the city council or board of aldermen shall review and adopt an investment policy for the investment of public funds in conformance with the provisions of applicable statutes and shall advise the treasurer of such policies.|||Source. 1846, 384:18. 1855, 1699:18. GS 44:6. GL 48:6. PS 50:6. PL 54:6. RL 66:7. 2007, 246:8, eff. Aug. 27, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:7 - Auditor.

    47:7 Auditor. –||Any city may, by vote of its councils, establish the office of auditor for the city, and may prescribe the auditor's duties, and fix the compensation and term of service.|||Source. 1895, 8:1. PL 54:7. RL 66:8. 1996, 268:3, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:8 - Appointment.

    47:8 Appointment. –||The auditor shall be appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the board of aldermen, or, where there is no board of aldermen, of the city council.|||Source. 1895, 8:2. PL 54:8. RL 66:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:9 - Fire Chief; Deputy Chief.

    47:9 Fire Chief;  Deputy Chief. –||The city councils of any city shall have the power to pass an ordinance which shall provide that the chief, or any deputy chief, of the fire department of such city shall be appointed for an indefinite period of time, that no person shall be appointed to such office except one technically qualified by training or experience, and that the appointee shall be removed only for just cause and after hearing with reasonable notice in writing of the charges against the appointee.|||Source. 1945, 110:2. 1996, 268:4, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:10 - City Report.

    47:10 City Report. –||The city councils shall, once in every year at least, publish, for the use and information of the inhabitants, a particular account of the receipts and expenditures of the city and a schedule of its debts and property.|||Source. 1846, 384:18. 1855, 1699:18. GS 44:7. GL 48:7. PS 50:7. PL 54:9. RL 66:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:11 - Sewers.

    47:11 Sewers. –||The city councils shall have power to construct drains and common sewers through highways, streets or private lands, paying the owners such damages as they shall sustain thereby, the damages to be assessed by the mayor and aldermen in the same manner and with the same right of appeal from their decision as in case of the laying out of highways; and may require all persons to pay a reasonable sum for the right to open any drain into any public drain or common sewer.|||Source. 1846, 384:19. 1855, 1699:19. GS 44:9. GL 48:8. PS 50:8. PL 54:10. RL 66:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:11-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:11-a - Mass Transportation for Cities.

    47:11-a Mass Transportation for Cities. –||I. Power to Appropriate. The governing body of any city may, subject to the provisions of paragraphs II and III, raise and appropriate such sums of money as public convenience or necessity may require, to aid or to contribute to a mass transportation system.||II. Optional Referendum. If the governing body of a city should desire to place the question of whether or not to appropriate a certain sum of money pursuant to the provisions of paragraph I, they may place said question on a referendum to be voted upon at any regular municipal election, or at a special election called for the purpose of voting on said question. Should a referendum be held, the following questions shall be submitted "Shall the governing body of the city of ( ) be instructed to appropriate ($ ) for the purpose of aiding mass transportation?" The governing body shall be bound by the outcome of the referendum.||III. Two-Thirds Vote. If the governing body of a city should decide not to place the question of whether or not to appropriate a certain sum of money pursuant to the provisions of paragraph I on a referendum, a 2/3 vote of the entire membership of the governing body shall be necessary in order to approve said appropriation.|||Source. 1969, 365:1. 1974, 15:4, eff. April 2, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:11-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:11-b - Group Homes.

    47:11-b Group Homes. –||The city councils may appropriate money to support or aid group homes. For the purposes of this section, a group home is an institution or home which is supervised and licensed pursuant to the provisions of RSA 161:2, IV, and provides residential and counseling services to persons under the age of 21.|||Source. 1974, 15:6, eff. April 2, 1974.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:11-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:11-c - Geographic Information Systems.

    47:11-c Geographic Information Systems. –||Any city may establish computer-based geographic information systems and control the distribution of that information, subject to RSA 91-A. The city may finance the completion and perpetuation of the system through establishing a special revenue fund under RSA 47:1-b and 47:1-c or through nonprofit corporations. The city may charge fees for the use of the system.|||Source. 1994, 76:3, eff. July 5, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:12 - Health.

    47:12 Health. –||All the powers vested in the board of health of towns shall be vested in the city councils, and shall be carried into execution in such manner, by such officers and with such powers, as the city councils shall determine.|||Source. 1846, 384:20. 1855, 1699:20. GS 44:10. GL 48:9. PS 50:9. PL 54:11. RL 66:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:12-a - Life and Health Insurance.

    47:12-a Life and Health Insurance. –||The city councils may appropriate money to provide, wholly or in part, group plan life, accident, medical, surgical and hospitalization insurance benefits, or any combinations of such benefits, for all regular employees of the city and their dependents. Any provision in a city charter inconsistent with the provisions of this section shall be repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.|||Source. 1963, 90:2, eff. July 23, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:13 - Executive Powers.

    47:13 Executive Powers. –||The executive powers of the city and the administration of police, except where vested in the mayor, shall be exercised by the mayor and aldermen; and they shall have the powers, and do and perform all the duties, which the selectmen of towns have, and are authorized or required to do and perform in regard to their towns, unless it is otherwise provided by law.|||Source. 1846, 384:11. 1855, 1699:14. GS 42:14. GL 46:14. PS 48:14. PL 52:11. RL 64:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 47:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 47 - Powers of City Councils|Section 47:14 - Appointive Officers.

    47:14 Appointive Officers. –||They shall appoint a city marshal, and one or more assistant marshals if they think it necessary, a collector of taxes, constables, police officers and watchmen, and may remove them from office for sufficient cause; and may require the marshal and constables, before entering on their duties, to give bonds, with sufficient sureties to any reasonable amount, upon which like proceedings and remedies may be had as in case of bonds required to be given by constables of towns.|||Source. 1846, 384:11. 1851, 1123:1. GS 42:15. GL 46:15. PS 48:15. PL 52:12. RL 64:12.|